-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On Fri, 13 May 2016 14:31:45 -0400 Kevin <[email protected]> wrote:
> The truth is, entropy is only really interesting if you have the funds > to hook up a Geiger counter to your computer. That's cheaper than you think: https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/Free-Shipping-Assembled-DIY-Geiger-Counter-Kit-Nuclear-Radiation-Detector-GM-Tube/32336592385.html?isOrigTitle=true It took me an afternoon to write some Python to measure the times in between particles hitting the tube, hash them, and cat them into /dev/urandom. On the other hand, then people start helpfully warning you about an attacker aiming beams of gamma radiation at your giger counter to skew the RNG in a predictable direction so your generated keys are easier to guess... - -- The Doctor [412/724/301/703/415] [ZS] PGP: 0x807B17C1 / 7960 1CDC 85C9 0B63 8D9F DD89 3BD8 FF2B 807B 17C1 WWW: https://drwho.virtadpt.net/ Squaresoft: Bringing you 32-bit unsigned integer damage counts since 1996. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJXOgfiAAoJED1np1pUQ8Rko+UP/39EgHHxLI5d1EQo0B76Y4yt UxSkEQDHt4BCAqTSZuyz88llZhrab9E8xA8gpI+BpKEwJ+8Q6N5sAs9z0lqVj7dO 6z5UIOm55ufVr42a4oTOvAeQ5e4+6o63t5LyHtFZKKxTyHu/S+sTlC9Sdh/zZ182 J7tqIz8kvzd0iHi+dV9LcnuYLBsoIsq1j6Efcy4ussTZXQc1IcKcqoizhJxasNLl 6+QMPO4CLMyWM7n9my49CsneKHLXTmIlTJMX6RJCOARCWsuVam6k6qGrTWSCKnnb 2/y5tY5nzNFiY9PLu2OBFV93DtXADFbXQgK12xVmsOms2+zUsSMbyoBRo8RQ/iOl Bs3zmOsTZXUQnMm95fRrNncJ9shJc83WQZ14mNlBHgKoDQWuLVqwDeobiFOmyUar cDooebj3rzHyUc7t/DkI5bhDXWRW9+sXHrRCJCGqQ/9giuSwolpSxis/aYcWvF50 9J1aW6szf+TczQJAHd8cauHiIMvMAWu3/BEgCAfBPI6KwxHjsTY04R3h+C+hXErY fRRbihCmGODmj686b+r5EAx7/G9/BqpOEyjeLY6eTKSipipsCVhffFvbQbNM2QKP Vu8ma+ueGww2dNYLXb4jlQHd0GEZ58w/eoUWwFnGXqoSUp9n97Dg4Hr0wf/JnzKD qovLDEN1g/cnTqBagxOc =MLOn -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ cryptography mailing list [email protected] http://lists.randombit.net/mailman/listinfo/cryptography
