reading internet data to generate random numbers.

Mon Nov 7 17:00:41 EST 2005

>>>>> Neil Schemenauer <nas at arctrix.com> (NS) wrote:

>NS> Grant Edwards <grante at visi.com> wrote:
>>> Doesn't your OS have an entropy-gathering RN generator built-in?

>NS> Alternatively, if you want lots of high-quality random numbers, buy
>NS> a cheap web camera: http://www.lavarnd.org/ .  Using data from the
>NS> Internet is just a bad idea.

What about www.random.org?
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