>So personally I think people should forget about mice, sound cards and the
>like. It seems to me that the server problem is the
>big one to solve and if it can be solved by say using when a request
>arrives or a disk access takes place, or an interupt occurs
>- then the same techniques can be used in a client. On the other hand -
>if this proves to be a very difficult problem to solve -
>then maybe we should build a card.
I think for people running servers, a $50 card to generate useable entropy
would be great. I know virtually nothing about card design or electronics,
so someone else would have to build it. But if someone were to build it, I
volunteer to write open source MacOS 8/9 (and possibly MacOS X) drivers and
example code for it. Others here could write the *nix and windows/NT
drivers. So I think software isn't a problem. If the OpenSSL team would
agree to add code supporting it (surrounded by appropriate #defines
perhaps), then the main questions would become:
- who would design/build it
- would it be "random enough"
- would enough people want it to make the project worthwhile
- what would the price be
It might make an interesting hobby kit for people who like to dabble in
electronics ;-)
cjh
cjh
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CJ Holmes "The Macintosh uses an experimental
StarNine pointing device called a 'mouse.'
Director of Development There is no evidence that people
want to use these things."
(John C. Dvorak, SF Examiner, Feb. 1984.)
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