Cloudflare uses lava lamps as a random number generator(fastcodesign.com) |
Cloudflare uses lava lamps as a random number generator(fastcodesign.com) |
"Prediction of a random stream from a lava lamp model constructed from entropic data inferred from encrypted packets"
I haven't yet seen a good argument why it's a bad idea, and part of me thinks it might be a way to get more software using "rdrand" or other insecure sources unmodified.
very green.
[0] https://www.scientificsonline.com/product/nebula-plasma-ball
To the people that just say it's never a good idea and scoff at any reasoning I'd remind them about OTPs. They are a special case related to this principle of XORing two independent sources together where only one input is random and it is proven mathematically to work.