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Re: Random #'s via CD-ROM?
> How do you pick the random section in the first place? Oh, I see, we
> use a random number generator!
Every PRNG needs to be seeded somehow. I was thinking he meant to
start the process with a secret key. The main problem I see (assuming
you hash the blocks down to get decent random data) is that CD-ROMs
aren't all that big.
(The vast majority of CD-ROM drives, by the way, cannot make a bit-for-bit
copy of audio CD's. The record industry was unhappy with this idea.)
Eli [email protected]