Re: [math-fun] How to generate an infinite number of true-random bits in hardware

Holy cow, I just checked the Intel "Bull Mountain" guide and they've really thrown the works at it. It includes a hardware implementation of the AES cryptosystem as their digital post-processor to convert 512 hardware random bits to 256 improved-random bits, which then are used as a seed for a second hardware AES running as a pseudorandom # generator for at most 511 whacks. Plus they have some randomness tests in hardware too just so you can be sure it's "healthy." So... I believe this Intel generator is likely immune to any randomnessness test humanity will ever be able to run. The only possible objection is by those who do not think the AES cryptosystem is secure enough for them.