Re: Random Data from Geiger Counter

bram (bram@gawth.com)
Thu, 16 Jul 1998 12:30:01 -0700 (PDT)

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On 16 Jul 1998, Cicero wrote:

> You have pointed out a motivation for having a PRNG with a variable
> size input. That would be an improvement. If I had that, I would not
> need to hash my input.

To my way of thinking, hashing the input to a PRNG effectively makes it
have variable size input.

-Bram

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