On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 23:12:09 +0100 (+0100), Hugo Mills wrote:
> Interestingly, pictures of the latest ERNIE (premium bond number
> generator) show little other than what looks like a standard ATX PC
> motherboard. I suspect that they may be using a board with a
> 430-series Intel chipset on it. The HRNG on those systems is very
> slow (<100 bits/sec) compared to the VIA ones (Mb/s in bursts -- don't
> know what the sustained rate is).
I know some of the USB ones are certified for gambling (where they
have to pass certain tests in randomness). Dunno about the onboard
ones.
Adrian
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