[1768] in cryptography@c2.net mail archive
Re: Random numbers from the '60's...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steve Schear)
Sat Oct 25 15:35:26 1997
In-Reply-To: <9704292042.AA10867@nyx.net>
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 1997 20:19:28 -0700
To: colin@nyx.net (Colin Plumb), cryptography@c2.net
From: Steve Schear <azur@netcom.com>
At 2:42 PM -0600 4/29/1997, Colin Plumb wrote:
>For amusement's sake, have a look at http://lavarand.sgi.com/.
>What can I say? It works.
>
>What scares me is http://lavarand.sgi.com/pat_trade.html
>
>But it's still a cool idea.
John Walker, of Autodesk fame has an interesting and eclectic site. Among
the items of cryptographic interest is HotBits
http://www.fourmilab.ch/hotbits
"HotBits is an Internet resource that brings genuine random numbers,
generated by a process fundamentally governed by the inherent uncertainty
in the quantum mechanical laws of nature, directly to your computer in a
variety of forms. HotBits are generated by timing successive pairs of
radioactive decays detected by a Geiger-M=FCller tube interfaced to a
computer. You order up your serving of HotBits by filling out a request
form specifying how many random bytes you want and in which format you'd
like them delivered. Your request is relayed to the HotBits server, which
flashes the random bytes back to you over the Web.
--Steve
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