True Random Number Generators - FST-01 - Well Tempered Hacker

Randomness forms the basis of cryptography but computers are deterministic and therefore terrible for generating true randomness. In this episode we'll look at the FST-01, a $35 USB based true random number generator (TRNG) which harvests randomness from the environment. We'll flash the NeuG random number generator software onto the device using a serial programmer and a few wires. Then we'll plug it in, start it up and look at the random data it generates.

Hardware:
www.seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01
www.seeedstudio.com/depot/s/fst-01.html

Software:
www.gniibe.org/memo/development/gnuk/rng/neug.html

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