Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for random number generation

Re:Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for rando... by hannob on Friday September 30, 2016 @09:50AM (#12612395)

I said it before in similar threads, I'll say it again: I believe hardware random generators don't solve any problem that we have.

We know how to build secure RNGs in software. The one and only problem we have is that not everyone is using them.

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Re:Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for rando... by Tomte on Friday September 30, 2016 @12:45PM (#12613578)

Additionally, software only exhibits systematic failures. Hardware fails in many different, hardly predictable and nigh undiagnosable ways.

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Re:Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for rando... by bkjsbkjdnf on Friday September 30, 2016 @09:53AM (#12612407)

> We know how to build secure RNGs in software.

What secure RNGs do we have that don't require an entropy source?

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Re:Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for rando... by hannob on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:19AM (#12612579)

We have plenty of entropy sources. The only situation where we have a problem with that is the so-called early-boot-time-entropy. However hardware RNGs don't solve that either, because, well, they need some kind of initialized OS to access the hardware in order to work.

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Re:Quantum entropy source on an integrated circuit for rando... by bkjsbkjdnf on Friday September 30, 2016 @10:50AM (#12612761)

Are you trying to make a point?

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