[Cryptography] Proper Entropy Source

[Thierry Moreau]

On 29/01/20 07:14 PM, John Denker via cryptography wrote:
>
> Talking about "operating system sources" is too vague.
> Furthermore, is misguided to focus on what can't be done.
>
> Very often a sound card is available to the operating system,
> and it can be used as the basis for a strong, reliable
> randomness generator.

Be aware of audio compression. Lossy audio compression suppresses noise 
in the raw audio level samples. Lossless audio compression has limited 
uses in practice.

- Thierry