[408] in Cypherpunks
Random numbers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Fallen Angel)
Wed May 19 11:42:00 1993
From: anon03e2@nyx.cs.du.edu (Fallen Angel)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com (cypher punks)
Date: Wed, 19 May 1993 09:31:05 -0600 (MDT)
One of the main factors in crypto seems to be a source of random
numbers which most computers don't really have.
Wouldn't it be ppossible to apply the Mafia-numbers-game solution?
i.e. For your numbers (or seed for a large volume of numbers) take
a random pubically accessible number like the last 3 digits of the
attendance of a sporting event.
I have never seen any formalizations, but that type of number should be
as close to totally random as possible.
