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Re: Cryptosplit 2.0

To: Brad Huntting <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: Cryptosplit 2.0
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1993 13:50:37 -0500
Cc: [email protected]
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 30 Nov 1993 10:31:30 MST." <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]


Brad Huntting says:
> So if you cant predict which pages will land where in memory (which
> may be a false assumption), this is probably a good method for
> getting a random number on a unix box.

It might be a decent way to get *A* random number, but if you start
milking this source too frequently you will likely start getting more
and more correlation.

Myself, I'm still in search of a decent, inexpensive, high-quality
source for random numbers, and only hardware will REALLY do.

Perry

References:
- Re: Cryptosplit 2.0
  - From: Brad Huntting <[email protected]>

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