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Quantum random numbers

Quantum random numbers

Posted May 15, 2012 12:15 UTC (Tue) by job (guest, #670)
Parent article: Quantum random numbers

In the recent generation of Intel chips, Ivy Bridge, or anything from VIA there is a hardware RNG spewing out numbers at gigabit speeds. (Perhaps worth knowing about before anyone starts streaming them over the Internet.) You get them from standard /dev/random with recent kernels.


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