> I need to generate an 8 byte random DES key, so of course, I need a way >of generating 8 random bytes. Any ideas? This was discussed on a comp.* group a while back, and some suggestions (for a UNIX machine) were to use the kernel memory. Don't actually dig through the memory yourself (since most non-root people can't), but use a command that can. I've been using the output of `pstat -p | sum' myself. -- | let's all be different | | just like me Rob Quinn | | rjq@phys.ksu.edu | | QuinnBob@KSUVM.BITNET |