Soundcard shenanigans

Bryan bryan at eevolved.com
Wed Jan 16 10:55:08 EST 2002


Hello again,

I'm still searching for exotic ways of collecting entropy for cryptographic 
purposes. One idea consists of sampling the sound card. Does a python 
module exist that would allow me to sample bytes directly from the 
soundcard? The winssound module does not appear to permit me to do this, 
and it's limited to win32. On my linux i686, I tried "cat /dev/audio" but 
that didn't work either, despite the fact that the soundcard was playing at 
the time :( Help and tips would be appreciated!
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Bryan Mongeau
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