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diff --git a/content/NoisyDiode.md b/content/NoisyDiode.md index 2ee3711..d56ce3a 100644 --- a/content/NoisyDiode.md +++ b/content/NoisyDiode.md @@ -1,10 +1,8 @@ -Title: NoisyDiode -Author: trac +Title: Noisy Diode entropy source Date: 2016-12-15 22:44 +Category: TRNG -## Noisy Diode entropy source - The Cryptech project is using Avalanche Noise as a physical entropy source connected to the FPGA. Avalanche breakdown is a physical process that occurs when current is forced backwards through a diode until it cannot hold back anymore. The diode will then begin conducting for a brief time until the voltage drops to a point where the diode recovers. The breakdown and recovery points are not deterministic, and can thus be used as a source of real physical entropy. |