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Re: How to generate cryptographically-secure random big-integers? [message #170225 is a reply to message #170223] Wed, 20 October 2010 12:25 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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"Erwin Moller"
<Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much(at)spamyourself(dot)com> wrote in
message news:4cbecc33$0$81475$e4fe514c(at)news(dot)xs4all(dot)nl...
> On 10/20/2010 12:28 PM, +mrcakey wrote:
>> "Erwin Moller"
>> <Since_humans_read_this_I_am_spammed_too_much(at)spamyourself(dot)com> wrote in
>> message news:4cbebb8d$0$81484$e4fe514c(at)news(dot)xs4all(dot)nl...
>> <snip>
>>> 1) /dev/random
>>> And in case you are on Linux, have a look at /dev/random/
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki//dev/random
>>> It says: "It allows access to environmental noise collected from device
>>> drivers and other sources.", which sounds promising, as in impossible
>>> for
>>> the man-in-the-middle to predict.
>>
>> Permission to emit a lengthy Bill& Ted style "woooooooooooooooooooah"?
>>
>
> Permission granted. :-)
>
> But please clarify a little what it means to this poor chap from the
> Netherlands. I have no clue who Bill & Ted are. ;-)
> So I don't know if the 'wooooah' means:
> 1) "bullshit advice"
> or
> 2) "yes! /dev/random rocks!"
> or even
> 3) "you clearly have no clue what you are talking about"
>
> In case of 1 or 3 I kindly point to my disclaimer under my post. ;-)
>
> Regards,
> Erwin Moller

Ah, hoe gaat het met u? Bill & Ted is probably the best silly movie ever. A
dude from the future helps two stupid college students go round collecting
important figures from history to help them pass their exams so they can
carry on forming their band which in turn goes on to form the basis of
future civilizations. I'd highly recommend it. It's most bodacious!

And it was 2)! - #t=2m43s

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+mrcakey
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