[Cryptography] The ultimate random source

[Peter Gutmann]

Jerry Leichter <leichter at lrw.com> writes:

>If you really want to go the route of physical "randomness", get a bunch of
>glitter, put it in a fluid, and use something to stir it.

Or point the webcam at a snow globe.

(Another neat source is to take something with a fairly complex structure, say
a couple of scale model trees, glue them onto a base that you put on top of a
solar-powered rotating display stand, and point a webcam at it).

Peter.