Andy Kelley wrote:

> maybe read an input 8 times putting the values into a byte.
>
> might work.. i am not sure.
>
> Andy K
> N1YEW
>

**NO** - this does not generate a random number!  The resultant number is
correllated with the inputs.  My earlier posting in this thread has a
reference to a wealth of information on what to do/how to do it.

Random numbers are particularly important in cryptography; if you have
any doubts as to the consequences of poor random number selection, look
back to Netscape's original presentation on secure transmission of TCP
data.  It took people in the audience about 10 mins to devise a way to
bust it due to the insane choice of "random" number.  We should all
listen to history!

/Kevin

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