[Cryptech Tech] RAM as source of entropy

[Leif Johansson]

On 2014-02-06 14:43, ??????? ???????? wrote:
> 06 ????. 2014 ?., ? 16:47, Joachim Strömbergson <joachim at secworks.se> ???????(?):
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>> Aloha!
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>> I just had a (not very unique) idea of using RAM memories as source of
>> entropy. The idea is to power cycle an external memory and read the
>> contents. Due to how memories work the contents will be in more or less
>> random state.
> «Less» than «more». Unusable as a source.

can you elaborate?
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