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[Cryptography] RNG] on RNGs, VM state, rollback, etc.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Salz, Rich)
Sat Oct 26 01:37:29 2013

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From: "Salz, Rich" <rsalz@akamai.com>
To: "cryptography@metzdowd.com" <cryptography@metzdowd.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 17:37:45 -0400
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>>  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/
>
> That's an interesting idea. Can you provide a cicuit and a parts list 
> for that? That could be a worthwhile kit bundle, especially if you could order it via a single click.

Perhaps ladyada.com might be interested in such a kit.

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Akamai Technology
Cambridge, MA

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