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Re: entropy masking (was Re: Multiple spinners as sources of entropy?)
On Wed, 13 Mar 1996 23:47:58 -0500, you wrote:
>In DOS, the keyboard, mouse, and disk drives run on interrupts, not timers.
> If you use a timer as a spinner, such as the Windows GetCurrentTime()
>function, (I MSec. resolution) and check its value each time a key is pressed
[...]
I'd also recommend using mouse clicks. I think that most windows users
(going from personal experience) spend much more time clicking through
messages than typingon the keyboard. A combination of several events should
provide 'even better' randomness.
Brian
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