Tracy--

Funny you should post this today.  A colleague was just recently sharing
with me about how radio phone calls between FDR and Kissinger used to be
encrypted (masked, anyway) using recorded random noise from a headlamp
bulb.  So lavarand isn't such a new idea after all...  ;>

--Jon

At 09:12 AM 2/5/1999 , you wrote:
>Forwarded from a games list:
>
>Anyone have trouble generating random numbers?
>
>One-time only crypto-keys?  Try:
>
>http://lavarand.sgi.com/
>
>Tracy Johnson
>"Trust No One" - Semper Gumby
>
>Original message follows:
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 23:54:47 -0800 (PST)
>From: Dave Kohr <[log in to unmask]>
>Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Random numbers for all!
>
>robert lindsay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Need random numbers for play by email? Do you have one of those fussy
>> math opponents who whine about number distribution?
>>
>> http://lavarand.sgi.com/
>>
>> is for you!
>
>You know, I was in a division-wide meeting a few weeks ago where the guys
>who came up with this idea were honored for getting a patent for it. :-)
>
>Dave
>====
>Dave Kohr     Silicon Graphics, Inc.    Mail Stop 7U-178     (650)933-8694


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