On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 09:23:38AM -0600, Kirk Strauser wrote: > At 2003-03-14T00:50:17Z, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > And do _not_ overestimate the randomness of your noise. That will weaken > > your random generator a lot. > > I'm not sure I follow. How would adding an entropy source weaken the > system's randomness? Even if the audio input were a perfect sine wave, > would adding that into the mix result in sin()+random?
Adding predictable data does no harm. The problem is adding predictable data, _and_ telling the RNG that the data is random. Frank > -- > Kirk Strauser > In Googlis non est, ergo non est. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
