Re: True random numbers wanted

From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Sun Sep 01 2002 - 03:24:22 MDT


On Sun, Sep 01, 2002 at 09:34:05AM +0100, Alex Ramonsky wrote:
> Where can I get a reasonably affordable hardware true random number
> generator, with software driver for windows?

If you don't need excessive numbers or absolute certainty they are
not copied somewhere else, one possibility might be to use HotBits to
get real random numbers over the net: http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits/
There are also descriptions of the hardware used.

Intel seems to have one generator:
http://www.intel.com/design/security/rng/rngfaq.htm

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