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Most any sensor attached to a realworld physical system can produce sufficient randomness. Put a vibration sensor on my clothes dryer, plug the output into an m
by sandworm101 1y ago
Most any sensor attached to a realworld physical system can produce sufficient randomness. Put a vibration sensor on my clothes dryer, plug the output into an md5 hash, and voila. Or setup a webcam aimed at a tree blowing in a breeze. Or pour out some m&ms onto a table and photograph that. We dont need to go quantum when sufficiently random systems like turbulance exist in the macro world.
- arthurcolle 1y agoInsert ref about Github's lava lamps
- genewitch 1y agohttps://web.archive.org/web/20010926211816/http://lavarand.org/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010926211816/http://lavarand.o... 6 years prior to github, and the claim is 1996 on that link there, which is 12 years prior to github. not denigrating, just pointing out that the "idea" was around before then, and i can't remember where i first saw it.
- arthurcolle 1y agoThanks, I always associated it with GitHub (as having "done it first" but didn't really think to push further). I appreciate the correction, I like knowing the correct information.
- rpaddock 1y agoI don't know about the age of this Cloudflare idea? Cloudflare's Lavalap Wall is running part of Internet: "Why does Cloudflare use lava lamps to help with encryption?": https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption/ https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption...
- arthurcolle 1y agoI might have been thinking of this