Re: Random seeds

Tom Weinstein (tomw@netscape.com)
Thu, 25 Jun 1998 04:27:21 -0700

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Alex Alten wrote:
>
> At 08:37 PM 6/24/98 -0700, Tom Weinstein wrote:
> >available, but the best thing is a good hardware RNG.
>
> The only good RNG will be a hardware RNG. And if you
> are really picky, then the only good RNG is a NSA
> certified hardware RNG, like on a Fortezza card.

How about: The only good RNG is a hardware RNG that I can analyze the
design for (unlike on a FORTEZZA card).

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