Random numbers are too important to be left to chance ...

["Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah" <rmslade () shaw ca>]

We all know (or should) the significance of "random" to crypto, and therefore to 
many aspects of security.

"That's why for more than a decade now, many of [Intel]'s chip sets have included 
an analog, hardware-based random-number generator. ... That's why we have now 
developed a new and entirely digital system that allows a microprocessor to 
produce a copious stream of random values without those difficulties. Soon it will 
be coming to a processor near you.'  

<http://spectrum.ieee.org/computing/hardware/behind-intels-new-randomnumber-
generator/0>

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random numbers is, of 
course, in a state of sin.
                                            - John Louis von Neumann

Actually, it looks like a fairly cool idea, although, having done some discrete 
component level circuit design and construction in years gone by, I find it slightly 
suspect ...


(Subject line courtesy of Robert R. Coveyou, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)


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