True random numbers
Perry E. Metzger
perry at piermont.com
Mon Feb 19 10:56:44 PST 1996
maruishi at netcom.com writes:
> I was trying to think of a way to come up with true random numbers...
> And knowing a bit of UNIX socket TCP/IP programming I made a small little
> program that generates random numbers by measuring the mili-second timing ies
> a TCP packet to bounce back, from another network.
A bad source of randomness, both because the opponent can also conduct
the same measurement and because the opponent can alter your
measurement...
.pm
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