This discussion about random number generators came up:
PRNG: insecure, but behaves "random enough" for the application. Requires a seed.
CSPRNG: secure and indistinguishable from white noise. Requires a seed.
NPTRNG: the operating system collecting interrupt and jitter timing. Whitened before sent to the client.
HWRNG: a dedicated sensor exploiting a physical phenomenon believed to be non-deterministic. Whitened before sent to the client.
Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:
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2026-08-09 22:30:00 UTC
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