Re: Generating a true random number?

[fitz () wang com (Tom Fitzgerald)]

>   I need to generate an 8 byte random DES key, so of course, I need a way
> of generating 8 random bytes. Any ideas? 
>
>   Seeding off the pid or time of day doesn't do much for me...

Assuming you're not in a hurry, mjr's recommendation has always worked for
me....

( ps -ael ; pstat ; netstat -s ; netstat -m ) | md5

This is slightly SysV-flavored, tune as needed.

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Tom Fitzgerald   Wang Labs   Lowell MA, USA   1-508-967-5278   fitz () wang com
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