RE: selling random bits

Andy Brown (Andy.Brown@nexor.co.uk)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 10:08:02 +0000

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Hi,

Has anyone considered using the hardware temperature monitoring facilities
that are built in to all modern PCs as a source of randomness. I had the
idea last night whilst looking at the BIOS setup of my Asus super-7 board
and noticed four different motherboard temperatures and numerous supply
voltages oscillating merrily away on-screen.

Regards,

- Andy <a.brown@nexor.co.uk>

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