# Re: SecureRandom.

Charlie Lai (charlie@angeles.eng.sun.com)
Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:00:04 -0800 (PST)

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    From: charlie@angeles.eng.sun.com (Charlie Lai)

    Message-Id: <199903022200.OAA17633@angeles.eng.sun.com>

    Subject: Re: SecureRandom.

    To: arjun@jump.net (Arjun Khanna)

    Date: Tue, 2 Mar 1999 14:00:04 -0800 (PST)

    In-Reply-To: <3.0.1.32.19990225161453.00d9d790@pop.jump.net> from "Arjun Khanna" at Feb 25, 99 04:14:53 pm

hi,

> I am looking for some references, code samples, pointers - just about
> anything.

you can get the java source code free if you obtain a source license:
http://java.sun.com/nav/business/index.html

> We could - use keystrokes and mouse movements as shown in :

that's ok, although sometimes keystrokes can be predicted.
mouse movements, listening for hardware noise,
OS state information (including memory), etc,
are also conventional sources of entropy.

thanks,
charlie

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