[117584] in Cypherpunks
RE: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Mon Sep 6 17:09:45 1999
From: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>, <cypherpunks@cyberpass.net>
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:57:59 -0700
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Reply-To: "Lucky Green" <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
> >They're building it into their chip sets so if you buy a new computer
> >you'll probably get it automatically. Soon, random bits will essentially
> >be ubiquitous. Anyone who cares can have all the random numbers he
> >wants.
>
> >The data rate is in the megabytes per hour range so it would take a few
> >days to fill a CD.
>
> Yes but is it trustworthy?
Since Intel won't allow examination by the public of the raw bits, the
answer is "most emphatically not".
[See the various discussions about the Intel RNG and Intel's refusal to
allow access to the raw bits, thereby making meaningful analysis of the
quality of the RNG impossible].
--Lucky
