<div dir="ltr">Under Linux, the correct way to use the device is to have it as an input to /dev/urandom, using rngd to feed entropy in from OneRNG to your kernel.<div><br></div><div>If you want to read data directly from OneRNG, you can; it is just a serial device, and you can just open it, write the config commands, and then read the number of bytes of data that you want. You'd be advised to use OneRNG data to seed a PRNG though :-)</div><div><br></div><div>Sensibly, the Python docs say "use your OS, not us" ... <a href="https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html">https://docs.python.org/2/library/random.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>-jim</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Dec 7, 2017 at 9:06 PM, 7xxprometheusxx7 <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:7xxprometheusxx7@gmail.com" target="_blank">7xxprometheusxx7@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><u></u>
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<span class="m_-6243682730477003757line" style="display:inline-block;max-width:580px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:pre-wrap;width:100%" width="100%">I purchased this device last year and it has at in my drawer since then. I've been busy studying software development. I just dug the OneRNG out, installed the software, and verified it is working.</span><br>
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<br><span class="m_-6243682730477003757line" style="display:inline-block;max-width:580px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:pre-wrap;width:100%" width="100%">I'd like to use it to generate a random series of numbers and create a one-time pad type encryption program.</span><br>
<br><span class="m_-6243682730477003757line" style="display:inline-block;max-width:580px;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:pre-wrap;width:100%" width="100%">Thanks in advance!!</span><br>
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