Happy New Year!
aweatherguy <[email protected]> Sat, 31 Dec 2016 17:28:48 -0800
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Best wishes to all in 2017!
I'm new to the list and have a very narrow topic to inquire about. I've
been working on an inexpensive TRNG (True Random Number Generator) and
am interested in having Firefox/Thunderbird use this as a source for TLS
key generation, instead of the built-in PRNG (Pseudo-Random Number
Generator).
I seem to have custom builds of both Firefox and Thunderbird working
with the TRNG now. The changes were pretty small and easy. What I'm
wondering is if anyone on this list would be interested in integrating
this capability into these products. Or maybe this is beyond the scope
of your products?
I'm sure that one pre-requisite is cost. The TRNG is an off-the-shelf
Arduino Uno -- meaning the hardware is withing financial reach of most
folks. The Arduino firmware could be open-source (probably GPL). If
you're wondering, I'm not associated with Arduino in any way and would
not benefit financially were this idea to become popular.
I've avoided including much detail here as this is just an initial
inquiry to gauge your interest.
Cheers,
aweatherguy