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DIY RNGs [was: Re: Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]]

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Subject: DIY RNGs [was: Re: Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]]
From: [email protected] (James A. Donald)
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2013 05:52:35 +1000
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On 2013-10-23 04:27, Andy Isaacson wrote:
> It seems that rnd_wavein uses a small window (you document 256 samples
> as the default).  One common silent-failure mode of video capture
> interfaces is to intermittently provide the same frame (around 1 MiB of
> data) twice!
>
> If your whitener doesn't chain blocks and you use the output directly as
> random data (worst case, as an OTP)

All whiteners chain.  If they do not, it is a bug.

References:
- Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]
  - From: [email protected] (grarpamp)
- Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]
  - From: [email protected] (Sandy Harris)
- Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]
  - From: [email protected] (Andy Isaacson)
- DIY RNGs [was: Re: Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]]
  - From: [email protected] (Ted Smith)
- DIY RNGs [was: Re: Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]]
  - From: [email protected] (Krisztián Pintér)
- DIY RNGs [was: Re: Curious RNG stalemate [was: use of cpunks]]
  - From: [email protected] (Andy Isaacson)

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