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That's the technique Linux uses, it feeds keyboard and mouse timing events into one of its entropy pools. I can't see why they wouldn't do this for slot machine
by CapacitorSet 10y ago
That's the technique Linux uses, it feeds keyboard and mouse timing events into one of its entropy pools. I can't see why they wouldn't do this for slot machines.
- manarth 10y agoThe article mentions newer slot machines, "whose PRNGs use encryption to protect mathematical secrets" - so new machines are already considered secure. Aristocrat, Novomatic, and any other manufacturers whose PRNGs have been cracked “would have to pull all the machines out of service and put something else in, and they’re not going to do that.” So they could be fixed, it's purely a financial decision. as long as older, compromised machines are still popular with customers, the smart financial move for casinos is to keep using them and accept the occasional loss to scammers.
- lsaferite 10y agoSeems like using a radioactive decay RNG would also help, no?
- thecatspaw 10y agosure, but are you gonna put a tiny bit of radioactive material in every slot machine? Not to forget that the RNG would have to be restocked if the material ever runs out
- orclev 10y agoPretty sure the half-life of most things that would be used is already longer than the MTBF of just about every other part a slot machine.
- falsedan 10y agoThese kind of poker machines are regulated to limit the amount of money they're allowed to keep: usually expressed in cents in the dollar e.g. 86¢. The regulators read the code and certify it. Could you prove that the extra entropy added to the PRNG pool would not change the limits? Bigger challenge: could you present it in a way that a regulator would agree with you?