Uploaded August 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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:
seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01
seeedstudio.com/depot/s/fst-01.html
Software:
gniibe.org/memo/development/gnuk/rng/neug.html
#crypto #cryptography #random #randomnumber #geigercounter #cryptography #mouse #pgp #privatekey #flyingstonetiny #FST-01 #randomnumbergenerator #environment #computing #communication #messaging #mail #email
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:
seeedstudio.com/wiki/FST-01
seeedstudio.com/depot/s/fst-01.html
Software:
gniibe.org/memo/development/gnuk/rng/neug.html
#crypto #cryptography #random #randomnumber #geigercounter #cryptography #mouse #pgp #privatekey #flyingstonetiny #FST-01 #randomnumbergenerator #environment #computing #communication #messaging #mail #email
