How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?

https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/ssl/lava-lamp-encryption/

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minejerik2• 2 years ago

This is an interesting solution. My question would be, why couldn't they just point a camera out into the street? That would have some more randomness.

mytailorisrich• 2 years ago

Because a big part of their solution is marketing/PR and a wall of lava lamps looks cool.

(Edit: Also not sure pointing a camera at the street is that random)

minejerik2• 2 years ago

Fair enough.

numeromancer• 2 years ago

Is this a trial run for an April 1 article?

raverbashing• 2 years ago

Yeah the lava lamps are a gimmick

Every processor built in the last 9 years has support for this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RDRAND

Or, you know, if you crank up the mic-in input gain on any PC you can get more randomness (even without a mic plugged in)

daviddever23box• 2 years ago

It's all fun and games until someone modulates their AC mains feed with a deterministic pattern.

How do lava lamps help with Internet encryption?

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