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Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape

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Subject: Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape
From: "Ed Carp [khijol SysAdmin]" <khijol!erc>
Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 15:29:17 -0500 (CDT)
Cc: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> from "David Lesher" at Sep 23, 95 06:29:10 pm
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> As a hardware type, I'd prefer a diode noise generator over a
> radioactivity detector. I'd hate for the Fort to be tempted to fudge the
> latter's output by flooding my house from a black helicopter...

No, they'll just flood it with RF and force your diode to act as a 
detector - then they can feed you anything they like ;)

I learned the hard way - keep the transmitters away from a reverse-biased 
doide acting as a noise generator.  Only until I examined the output did 
I realize it wasn't random.  I fixed it, though, by looking at the output
and testing its randomness.
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- Re: "random" number seeds vs. Netscape
  - From: David Lesher <[email protected]>

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