>From: "James A. Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Dec 18, 2004 2:51 PM >To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source
... >These days the video entropy source is not a lava lamp, but a >lens cap - in the dark, the ccds generate significant thermal >noise, which (unlike chaotic noise) cannot fail, unless someone >immerses the camera in liquid helium. Do you (does anyone) know of any papers that have formally analyzed this entropy source? > --digsig > James A. Donald --John