Truelly Random Numbers

["A. Padgett Peterson P.E. Information Security" <PADGETT@hobbes.orl.mmc.com>]

>The number of randomly selected 768 bit primes that you would need for a
>reasonable chance of a birthday collision is 1.708E104

True however the current mechanism of generating PGP keys which consists 
primarily of pseudo-randomly pounding on a keyboard is hardly "truely random.

Have no idea of the true number but expect it to be significantly less than
that quoted above, even for a 1024 bit key like mine.
							Warmly,
								Padgett