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| (...) Even if it needed FP, legOS supports that. (...) Well, maybe. Maybe not. legOS has a random() function, right? Once the TCP/IP patch is stable, why not use an RCX as an echo server with built in en/decryption? You could just telnet to it, type (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) The key word is a "good" generator. Random() is way too predictable to use in a crypto application. (22 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) Excellent point, Benton Jackson e-mailed me with the following: (...) Good idea using a external sensor to seed some sort of random number generator function. However, the codebase for PGP is pretty darned large and after looking at the source (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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| (...) It really isn't that limited when you consider other platforms that run full PK systems, such as the Dallas Semiconductor iButton. It has a much more limited processors, more limited RAM, and you write your code in Java so it has to be (...) (22 years ago, 9-Mar-02, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
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