Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:49:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:49:27 -0500 Received: from nlakdiva.slt.lk ([203.115.0.1]:4575 "EHLO lakdiva.slt.lk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 4 Feb 2002 05:49:14 -0500 Message-ID: <3C5F02CF.C983030B@sltnet.lk> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2002 16:53:19 -0500 From: "Ishan O. Jayawardena" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.18-0.16 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Continuing /dev/random problems with 2.4 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Wouldn't it be trivial to use a zener diode with a rock-solid (i.e. as ripple-free as possible) power supply? We'd have the randomness of the electrons at our disposal. It's very easy to shield effectively. Of course, this is a hardware issue... I've been using zener diodes as white-noise generators for years for meditation (I kid you not.) Had I used a RNG, I'd be totally insane by now. Cheerio! alvin . - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/