Re: random seed generation without user interaction?

[William Allen Simpson]

I've been putting a cheap sound card in every machine, not connected to 
any external wires, cp'ing from it on reboot.  Seems to generate a nice 
chunk of randomness, but I've never measured it.  

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> So I'm curious about what all methods do folks currently use (on NT and unix)
> to generate a random seed in the case where user interaction (e.g. the ol'
> mouse pointer waving or keyboard tapping approaches) isn't a viable option?
> 

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