[117591] in Cypherpunks
Re: Build a better OTP?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Rabid Wombat)
Mon Sep 6 19:24:37 1999
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 1999 18:56:06 -0400
From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
To: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
cc: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
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Reply-To: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mayhem.snakecult.org>
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, William H. Geiger III wrote:
> In <199909061613.SAA05886@mail.replay.com>, on 09/06/99
> at 06:13 PM, Anonymous <nobody@replay.com> said:
>
>
> >> 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?
>
> >Yes, there's one out by a little company called Intel. You might have
> >heard of them.
>
> >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?
>
Hell no.
