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[ PRIVACY Forum ] ANU Quantum Random Numbers Server is online
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PRIVACY Forum mailing list)
Sun Apr 22 19:57:52 2012
Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 16:26:56 -0700
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ANU Quantum Random Numbers Server
http://j.mp/I2PdPS (ANU)
"This website offers true random numbers to anyone on the internet. The
random numbers are generated in real-time in our lab by measuring the
quantum fluctuations of the vacuum. The vacuum is described very
differently in the quantum mechanical context than in the classical
context. Traditionally, a vacuum is considered as a space that is
empty of matter or photons. Quantum mechanically, however, that same
space resembles a sea of virtual particles appearing and disappearing
all the time. This results in the fact that the vacuum does not
possess a zero-point energy, and consequently the electo-magnetic
field describing this vacuum possesses random fluctuations in phase
and amplitude at all frequencies. By carefully measuring these
fluctuations, we are able to generate ultra-high bandwidth random
numbers."
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Very nice. Very random. Too bad you can't get the data via SSL, though
there are some alternative interfaces that may (or may not) be
somewhat secure.
--Lauren--
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