The search for truly random numbers in the kernel

Posted Sep 20, 2013 17:37 UTC (Fri) by pizza (subscriber, #46)
In reply to: The search for truly random numbers in the kernel by broonie
Parent article: The search for truly random numbers in the kernel

There's not enough entropy (ie noise) in my server environment for audio-based entropy sources to work. I found that surprising, but that's what audio-entropyd determined.

I simply don't have any meaningful source of entropy available, which is why I'm resorting to hacking together some sort of USB-based RNG.

The search for truly random numbers in the kernel

Posted Sep 20, 2013 20:33 UTC (Fri) by giraffedata (guest, #1954) [Link] (1 responses)

I thought broonie's point was that you can use a sound processor to sample eru's transistor's output.

The search for truly random numbers in the kernel

Posted Sep 21, 2013 13:19 UTC (Sat) by broonie (subscriber, #7078) [Link]

Yes, just using it as an ADC.