Entropy, relayed from real RTL-SDR hardware
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The article discusses the release of sdrrand v0.1.0, which generates true-random entropy using RTL-SDR hardware. It explains how contributors utilize a USB RTL-SDR dongle to harvest noise from the ADC quantization process. The entropy can be accessed by anyone without the use of a pseudorandom number generator or a seed.
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- ▪sdrrand v0.1.0 generates true-random entropy from RTL-SDR hardware.
- ▪Contributors use a USB RTL-SDR dongle to harvest LSBs of ADC quantization noise.
- ▪The entropy is available for anyone to access without a PRNG or seed.
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sdrrand v0.1.0 True-random entropy, relayed from real RTL-SDR hardware. Contributors run sdr-rand against a USB RTL-SDR dongle, harvest the LSBs of the ADC quantization noise, and POST the bytes here under their nuts.services identity. Anyone can drain. No PRNG. No seed. Just thermal noise from a tuner chip somewhere.
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