ComScire (Quantum World Corp)
Device driver for random number generation using entropy sources within a PC using no additional hardware. On-line purchase, free download of trial version. |
EntropyPool and Entropy Filter
A demonstration of the EntropyPool, entropy filter and gatherer daemon, gathering random noise from a number of sources. Download random bits or the Java source. |
HotBits: Genuine Random Numbers
HotBits is a service which generates random data from the decay of radioactive material and sends it over the internet. |
JD-2 Pseudorandom Number Generator
Presents and evaluates this generator, intended for use as a key generator for a one-time pad cipher. |
Lavarand
A system by which a pseudorandom number generator is seeded by cryptographic hash of the digital output of a photograph of six Lava Lite lamps. |
Luc Devroye: Random Number Generation
Links to downloadable papers, related journals, and links to software. |
Mersenne Twister: A Random Number Generator
Fast generator of fixed high period implemented in various languages. Includes a paper about the mathematical foundations. |
Netlib: Random Number Generators
Source code for various random number generators in C and Fortran, including the well-known RANLIB library supporting many continuous and discrete probability distributions. |
NIST: Random Number Generation and Testing
Project to develop a battery of statistical tests to detect nonrandomness in binary sequences, to produce documentation and a software implementation of these tests, and to provide guidance in the use of these tests. |
Pseudo Random Number Generators
Algorithms for good random number generators with theoretical discussion and software examples. |
Pseudo-random Numbers
A guide to the literature. |
Random Number Generation, Taygeta Scientific Inc.
Information and articles on random number generation. |
Random.org - True Random Number Service
True random number generator with CORBA and WWW interfaces. Numbers are generated with atmospheric noise. Source code for many clients (Java, Perl, C++, etc.) online. |
Segobit Software: Random Number Generator Pro
Windows application to generate several random numbers in a given range, subject to constraints like excluding certain digits. |
The pLab Project
A server on the theory and practice of random number generation. |
Try to Find Where the Ball Is Hidden
A small test to see how well humans can generate random numbers compared to computer predictions. |
WWW Virtual Library: Random numbers and Monte Carlo Methods
Links to related conferences, papers, software, webpages, people. |
