[117562] in Cypherpunks
Re: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marcel Popescu)
Mon Sep 6 05:34:56 1999
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 04:17:59 -0400
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From: "Marcel Popescu" <mdpopescu@geocities.com>
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Reply-To: "Marcel Popescu" <mdpopescu@geocities.com>
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From: Sean Roach <roach_s@mail.intplsrv.net>
> What do you think?
1. You will need some sort of synchronization mechanism.
2. What about servers dedicated to sending streams of random bits on the
'net? I know that some of them might be gov't-operated, but probably only a
small percentage. The computing power necessary for this seems to be small.
And I believe strong pseudo-random generators exist. Of course, this is less
random than a satellite stream, but it doesn't require additional hardware.
Mark
