<div dir="ltr"><a href="http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm">http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm</a><br><br>"NIST is implementing a prototype source of public randomness.<br><br>The Beacon is designed to provide unpredictability, autonomy, and consistency. Unpredictability means that users cannot algorithmically predict bits before they are made available by the source. Autonomy means that the source is resistant to attempts by outside parties to alter the distribution of the random bits. Consistency means that a set of users can access the source in such a way that they are confident that they all receive the same random string."<br><br></div>