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Ultra-low-cost True Randomness

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the and-a-damn-fine-hack dept.

Cryptocrat writes "Today I blogged about a new method for secure random sequence generation that is based on physical properties of hardware, but requires only hardware found on most computer systems: from standard PCs to RFID tags." Basically he's powercycling memory and looking at the default state of the bits, which surprisingly (to me anyway) is able to both to fingerprint systems, as well as generate a true random number. There also is a PDF Paper on the subject if you're interested in the concept.

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  1. Re:A Slightly More Expensive Method by snowraver1 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Why people are arguing over an article that is written by someone that doesn't know how to capitalize letters and confuses "lose" and "loose" is boyond me.

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  2. YOU FAIl IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    It atte8pts to PAllid bodies and

  3. Re:A Slightly More Expensive Method by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I imagine there are lots of things that are beyond you. Believe it or not, good grammar has no direct correllation with knowledge of mathematics.

    Now, what's beyond me is why anyone should take a grammar nazi seriously when they can't even type "beyond" correctly.