[117564] in Cypherpunks
Re: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John A. Limpert)
Mon Sep 6 07:43:29 1999
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 07:21:24 -0400
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From: "John A. Limpert" <johnl@radix.net>
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Lucky Green wrote:
> The extra hardware is cheap. True random number servers are in operation.
> You can get your random bits at http://www.fourmilab.com/hotbits/
I put together a true random number generator from a Geiger counter and
an old PC. It works well but it is a bit slow in generating random
numbers. It's good enough for keys and OTPs for low volume traffic.
Has anyone designed a true random number generator that runs at high
speed? Something that could fill a CD or DVD in a reasonable amount of
time?
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John A. Limpert johnl@radix.net PGP keyID 0x15D681D0
