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Re: random seed generation without user interaction?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Tue Jun 6 14:31:49 2000
From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
To: Dennis Glatting <dennis.glatting@software-munitions.com>
Cc: John Kelsey <kelsey.j@ix.netcom.com>, cryptography@c2.net,
Jeff.Hodges@stanford.edu
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Date: Tue, 06 Jun 2000 11:39:33 -0400
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In message <393D04AC.8E119B01@software-munitions.com>, Dennis Glatting writes:
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>
>There is an article (somewhere) on the net of digital cameras focused
>on lava lamps. Photos are taken of the lava lamps and mixed into a
>hash function to generate random data. I believe the author had some
>algorithm for turning the lamps on and off, too.
>
See lavarand.sgi.com.
I had thought it was patented, but a quick search of uspto.gov didn't
turn it up.
--Steve Bellovin
