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Anon Wrote
> [email protected] writes:
> >So figure you want more than 56 bits of pure unpredictability as your
> >seed. This is a tricky problem. One option is to give the user a typematic
> >buffer: "hit keys for 30 seconds" - you NEED unpredictability!
>
> So, it sounds like what we *really* need is a little box with a shot-noise
> generator that attaches to a serial port and generates truly random
> numbers to use for the key. Anyone out there feel like designing one for us ?
Last time I was fingering through an analog parts catalog under the
telephony section I noticed a bunch of parts that generate audio-noise.
Maybe some of these would be suitable (if they dont use an internal
digital state machine to generate the noise).