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[email protected] writes:

>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? 

That sounds doable. Tune a radio to a spot where there is static, plug it
into the audio in port of a SoundBlaster card, sample a few Kbytes, and
MD5 it to get your key. Nobody is going to reconstruct that.

                                     < [email protected] >

P.S. Has anyone called Mykotronx lately? I called a while ago and asked for
any databooks and appnotes on Clipper. They said the databooks weren't
ready yet, and offered to put me on a mailing list for appnotes when they
were ready. I got the impression Mykotronx isn't too happy about the status
of the Clipper/Spooktap project.  :-)