Re: Hardware True Random Number Generator design / concept

On Tue, 21 Jun 2005 08:27:17 -0700, Yoy G0 <yoyg0@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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>I am trying to find Hardware Random Number Generator
>design / concept suitable for high quality
>encryption system.
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>Is any concept better and easier implemented
>than others?
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>Where can I find experts in this area for hire
>on project contractual bases?
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I was going to suggest Tundra, but their website suggest that they no
longer make the RNG part. I know they are still available because I
know someone who has just done a production run using the tundra RNG.
>From memory. the part is an RBG1210.

Have you considered using a Psuedo RNG with hardware entropy for
seeding? There is plenty of great information out there to do this,
and it saves on having to buy hardware. Do a google for Mersenne
Twister, very good algorithm, long cycle.

By the way, a good statistical package for testing is R. Its free and
its very powerful.
.

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