Wonder if OneRNG can have a microusb port eventually, its crappy arm embeddeds where I miss entropy the most On 21 Dec 2014 17:53, "ianG" <i...@iang.org> wrote:
> And, boom. OneRNG just blasted through its $10k ask. This project races > ahead. I'd like to think that the depth of support indicates we really do > have a need for vibrant cheap open RNGs. The more the merrier. > > https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng- > an-open-source-entropy-generator > > Paul tells me over-funding will be used to do a bigger run. So we can > pretty reliably predict that these things will happen sometime after Jan > when it closes. > > Probably still a good idea to support the project because you get sent a > unit anyway, and more funds will almost certainly lead to other benefits. > > iang > > On 16/12/2014 16:39 pm, ianG wrote: > >> Surprisingly, the OneRNG project is already half way to the goal of $10k >> NZD after only a week. >> >> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/moonbaseotago/onerng- >> an-open-source-entropy-generator >> >> >> One reason I really like this project is that it is hopefully totally >> open. If we can seed the world with open hardware designs, we can have >> a chance of leaking this project into all sorts of other things like >> home routers, IoT things, Bitcoin hardware wallets etc. >> >> iang >> >> >> On 15/12/2014 19:18 pm, ianG wrote: >> >>> After Edward Snowden's recent revelations about how compromised our >>> internet security has become some people have worried about whether the >>> hardware we're using is compromised - is it? We honestly don't know, but >>> like a lot of people we're worried about our privacy and security. >>> >>> What we do know is that the NSA has corrupted some of the random number >>> generators in the OpenSSL software we all use to access the internet, >>> and has paid some large crypto vendors millions of dollars to make their >>> software less secure. Some people say that they also intercept hardware >>> during shipping to install spyware. >>> >>> We believe it's time we took back ownership of the hardware we use day >>> to day. This project is one small attempt to do that - OneRNG is an >>> entropy generator, it makes long strings of random bits from two >>> independent noise sources that can be used to seed your operating >>> system's random number generator. This information is then used to >>> create the secret keys you use when you access web sites, or use >>> cryptography systems like SSH and PGP. >>> >>> Openness is important, we're open sourcing our hardware design and our >>> firmware, our board is even designed with a removable RF noise shield (a >>> 'tin foil hat') so that you can check to make sure that the circuits >>> that are inside are exactly the same as the circuits we build and sell. >>> In order to make sure that our boards cannot be compromised during >>> shipping we make sure that the internal firmware load is signed and >>> cannot be spoofed. >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> cryptography mailing list >> cryptography@randombit.net >> http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > cryptography mailing list > cryptography@randombit.net > http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography >
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