NIST is a great example of a true Public Good.

Also, has anyone else ever used their Randomness Beacon? I once used it to settle an argument in a book club over which book to read next. It's basically a very fancy and high tech coin flip.

https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/interoperable-randomness-beac...

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inigyou 3 hours ago | parent [-]

As long as we forget that little thing called Dual_EC_DRBG, right?

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Intermernet 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Admittedly, that was probably the NSA getting their grubby hands into NIST. A good thing being almost permanently tarnished by a bad thing.

	▲	inigyou 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"RT is good except when the Kremlin gets its hands on it"