I am curious (just a bit of research for a discussion on a podcast).
Have you ever used a hardware RNG?
- Yes8.2%
- No37.7%
- What is a hardware RNG?54.1%
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No,
But I was curious how I would make my own in future if I must DIY.
I would use:
Probabilistic radioactive decay.
Cosmic microwave background. Cosmic radiation measurement. Thermal noise.
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Many new laptops have a TPM module right? And several code libraries can use that to generate random numbers. So I've probably used it, maybe.
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To do that we need special hardware. i tried generating rng from physical data like wind speed etc but it was never truly rng. TRNG is pretty interesting. would listen
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