Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

2004-12-20 Thread John Kelsey
>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 -

Re: Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

2004-12-18 Thread James A. Donald
-- On 17 Dec 2004 at 22:51, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and > found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a > non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et > al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the

Flaw with lava lamp entropy source

2004-12-17 Thread Major Variola (ret)
I've been running a 1970s-era lava lamp for some time, and found that it can enter a stable attractor where you get a non-circulating blob o' wax at the bottom. While Walker et al.'s (?) LL video entropy source is cute/clever, the general lesson we can take from this is to be careful that physica