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Re: [Cryptography] [RNG] on RNGs, VM state, rollback, etc.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Russ Nelson)
Thu Oct 24 10:53:31 2013
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From: Russ Nelson <nelson@crynwr.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2013 00:10:38 -0400
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Tony Naggs writes:
> I think you a overestimating how much real entropy you will collect this
> way [ through powerline drift.]
Indeed. By the time you set up a powerline interface, you may as well
just reverse-bias a diode, compare it to a low-pass-filtered version
of itself, and capture that noise.
You could do it with a DigiSpark, and get a USB bytestream. 100% open
source, 100% auditable. http://digistump.com/
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