Wednesday, April 21, 2010

True Randomness via Quantum Mechanics

Not too surprisingly to those in the quantum computing field: at the University of Maryland they're utilizing quantum mechanics for true randomness. Randomness plays a key role in cryptography. If you've ever wondered why you might have to randomly hit the keyboard for awhile when generating a key, that's why- random input is trying to be gathered.

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