Daily archives: January 5, 2016


Hardware RNG, PGP key signing party – London 21/01/2016

Random numberThe BCS OSSG and the OSHUG are hosting a talk on hardware random number generation, plus a PGP key signing party.

The event will be held on Thursday 21st January at BCS HQ – 1st Floor, The Davidson Building, 5 Southampton Street, London, WC2E 7HA, [map] from 6:00pm to 9:00pm.

Note: Please aim to arrive by 18:15 as the event will start at 18:30 prompt.

Hardware random number generation

In this talk we will take a look at what makes a good random number, why you might want a reliable source of them and some methods of generating random numbers in hardware.

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