Re: Electronic RNG not enough secure for OTP?
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Re: Electronic RNG not enough secure for OTP?

From: Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btopenworld.com>
Date: Tue Apr 18 2006 - 00:20:30 CEST

Paul Rubin wrote:
> cryptic99@walla.com writes:
>> I'm just looking for something useful that I can make to not forget my
>> basic electronic skills :) It's just interesting thing to make
>> something new...
>> I'm making it mostly for fun.
>
> Oh, well in that case, no problem. Just don't equip any real spies
> with it. I'd also crank up the counter speed from 100 hz to at least
> 1 khz.

Also cryptographic systems work better when you use prime numbers.

Andrew Swallow
Received on Mon May 1 02:00:55 2006