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Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [Random] Good Truly-Random Seed
From: John Dlugosz (JDlugosz_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-26 19:42:08




> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > May I please know what do you guys use as
> > you "good truly-random seed"?
> > > >
> > > > I use /dev/random


The best I've used is a true quantum randomness server at Formilab, which is based on radioisotope monitoring. Unfortunately, (at the time I was playing with it anyway) it was not available via a secure channel.


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