[ale] random number generators

[dev null zero two]

The high-level design description can produce entropy and they expect 7.8
bits of entropy per byte.. this is likely nonsense, doesn’t seem worth
$40...

I assume you're using /dev/random (blocking interface) and not /dev/urandom
(non-blocking interface) ?

do you have access to a modern Intel CPU with RDSEED instruction? that is a
HW-based RNG with some claimable output entropy rate

On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 4:31 PM Jim Kinney via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> When the entropy pool gets low and all 200TB are encrypted, writes can
> slow down.
>
> Looking at at hardware RNG devices. Found one that looks really cool,
> open, all the right buttons http://onerng.info/
>
> Anybody used something like this?
>
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