Re: Lots of random numbers

[Paul Crowley]

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> Why don't you stick a sound card (the noisier, the better) into each
> node, and dump /dev/dsp (LSB) input at max amplification into the
> randomness pool?

There's no reason to put only the LSBs in the randomness pool, if the
pool is properly designed.  Put all the data in.

Has any research gone into estimating the entropy from such a source?
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