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NODE 467c4adaWARES - random generator
This may be of interest to people on the list...


>Keywords: madison hawai obsceni prising ridblood ribiliss 
>Subject: WARES - random generator
>Reply-To: email@fringeware.com (FringeWare Inc)
>Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:06:20 -0600
>Apparently-To: fwlist-daily@fringeware.com
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>Sent from: email@fringeware.com (FringeWare Inc)
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>A certain vendor of ours has approached FringeWare with an offer for
>exclusive distribution a new product, which may be of general interest
>to people reading this list.
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>The product line is called Perfect Crypt Products and the new item
>being considered is a random number generator which plugs into the
>serial port of your PC/Mac/Sparcbook/Cray/etc., and pours out a stream
>of random numbers. The process is based on thermal radiation, the 
>randomness looks quite good, and the product would retail for about us$50.
>
>If you have an interest in such a product, please let us know here
>at: email@fringeware.com  and we'll add it to our catalog.
>
>One-time pad enthusiasts and PGP officionados might consider this
>offer especially.
>
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>pxn  *  FringeWare Inc.  *  http://www.fringeware.com
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NODE 412b1f9cRe: WARES - random generator
I'd be interested in seeing design reviews & the like.  A $50 hardware
rng that did a recent job would be fabulous, but rngs are notoriously
easy to mess up.  So can we get design information & such?

Adam


| >Keywords: madison hawai obsceni prising ridblood ribiliss 
| >Subject: WARES - random generator
| >Reply-To: email@fringeware.com (FringeWare Inc)
| >Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:06:20 -0600
| >Apparently-To: fwlist-daily@fringeware.com
| >X-UIDL: 4751f2738fffe6a83cf40be20fcd79a5

| >The product line is called Perfect Crypt Products and the new item
| >being considered is a random number generator which plugs into the
| >serial port of your PC/Mac/Sparcbook/Cray/etc., and pours out a stream
| >of random numbers. The process is based on thermal radiation, the 
| >randomness looks quite good, and the product would retail for about us$50.
| >
| >If you have an interest in such a product, please let us know here
| >at: email@fringeware.com  and we'll add it to our catalog.

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