Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/03/23/21:51:57
Erik Max Francis (max AT alcyone DOT com) wrote:
: Guillaume BETOUS wrote:
: > If anyone could tell me how to get REAL random generated numbers under
: > djgpp ... and/or explain me how it works ! I wonder for a long time
: > how
: > a computer can generate random numbers
: It doesn't. There's no such thing as an algorithmically generated
: randon number, because it was always generated by an algorithm.
Try to find the source code to PGP; it has a "real" random number
generator that measures the time in between keystrokes, then turns
part of the answers into bits. All in software.
jasonp
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