A proper law

David Hansen davidh at spidacom.co.uk
Wed, 05 Mar 2003 21:16:37 -0000


On 5 Mar 2003 at 19:23, Brian Morrison wrote:

> Current methods involve using white noise generated by a semiconductor
> device such as a noise diode being turned back into bits and then
> processed to ensure randomness

One is relyng on the latter process being able to spot non-
randomness.

I wouldn't trust too much to such a process.


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