From: "Ishan O. Jayawardena" <ioshadi@sltnet.lk>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4
Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 16:53:19 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3C5F02CF.C983030B@sltnet.lk> (raw)
Wouldn't it be trivial to use a zener diode with a rock-solid (i.e. as
ripple-free as possible) power supply? We'd have the randomness of the
electrons at our disposal. It's very easy to shield effectively. Of
course, this is a hardware issue...
I've been using zener diodes as white-noise generators for years for
meditation (I kid you not.) Had I used a RNG, I'd be totally insane by
now.
Cheerio!
alvin
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2002-02-04 21:53 Ishan O. Jayawardena [this message]
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2002-02-01 9:17 Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 Ken Brownfield
2002-02-01 16:36 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-02-01 17:00 ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-01 16:53 ` Robert Love
2002-02-01 17:01 ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-04 9:28 ` Sean Hunter
2002-02-01 18:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-01 19:38 ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-01 19:50 ` Robert Love
2002-02-01 19:52 ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-01 19:57 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-02-01 20:22 ` Ken Brownfield
2002-02-01 19:43 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-02-01 20:12 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-01 20:28 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-02 1:33 ` David Wagner
2002-02-02 8:01 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-02 8:54 ` Kai Henningsen
2002-02-02 11:13 ` Andreas Dilger
2002-02-04 22:13 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-04 22:37 ` Roland Dreier
2002-02-04 22:45 ` Robert Love
2002-02-05 23:02 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-05 23:17 ` Robert Love
2002-02-06 16:16 ` Bill Davidsen
2002-02-09 19:45 ` Nix N. Nix
2002-02-03 12:51 ` Henning P. Schmiedehausen
2002-02-01 20:23 ` Peter Monta
2002-02-01 20:27 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-01 20:36 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-01 20:33 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-01 20:40 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-01 20:54 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-02-01 20:56 ` Peter Monta
2002-02-01 22:54 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-01 23:27 ` Peter Monta
2002-02-02 1:50 ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-02-02 2:05 ` David Wagner
2002-02-02 3:30 ` Peter Monta
2002-02-02 21:02 ` Martin Dalecki
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