Everything from cryptography to big money lottery to quantum mechanics requires some form of randomness. But what exactly does it mean for a number to be randomly generated and where does the randomness come from?
Technical reading from the Cloudflare blog for the holidays
During 2017 Cloudflare published 172 blog posts (including this one). If you need a distraction from the holiday festivities at this time of year here are some highlights from the year.
LavaRand in Production: The Nitty-Gritty Technical Details
As some of you may know, there's a wall of lava lamps in the lobby of our San Francisco office that we use for cryptography. In this post, we’re going to explore how that works in technical detail.
Randomness 101: LavaRand in Production
As some of you may know, there's a wall of lava lamps in the lobby of our San Francisco office that we use for cryptography. In this post, we’re going to explore how that works.
Le B-A BA de l’aléatoire : LavaRand en production
Comme certains d'entre vous le savent peut-être, le hall d'entrée de nos bureaux de San Francisco est orné d'un mur de lampes à lave qui nous sert à renforcer notre système de cryptage.