news.ycombinator.com• Dec 11, 2019• 1 min read
Ask HN: Whatever Happened to EntropyKey?They have/had a great architecture (transparently described) and a great product. It was:thermal noise ->hard-copy keyed encrypted channel over USB ->ekeyd -> egd -> kernelFrom there, the kernel always had lots of entropy for /dev/random, OpenSSL and OpenGPG.Could they resurrect themselves with a groupbuy, with preorders or a Kickstarter? Are there any trustworthy alternatives (not HaveGED or prngd)?https://web.archive.org/web/20100405082125/http://www.entropykey.co.uk/techEntropyKey by Simtec Electronics 130 Hesketh Lane Tarleton, Lancashire, PR4 6AS, United Kingdom Tel: UK (01772) 977177 Tel: International +44 1772 977117 ekey@simtec.co.uk