The company reveals that operating systems use different sources of random data for encryption. Cloudflare states that it ...

Lava lamps aren't just psychedelic decor. One major internet company uses them to help generate the randomness behind secure ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Facebook's latest hack has many asking if there are better ways to protect information. It may be unconventional, but Cloudflare, a San Francisco based tech company, is using an ...

Most people have probably never been to Cloudflare's San Francisco office, but those who have been there would have noticed a large wall of lava lamps in the lobby. It is hard to miss—after all, it is ...

Cloudflare has revealed an interesting way to ensure randomness when generating encryption keys -- lava lamps. Cloudflare is a DNS service which also offers distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack ...

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Lava lamps may be fun reminders of the 1970s, but these days, some are being used to help keep data secure. Nick Sullivan with a tech firm called Cloudflare shows a wall of lava lamps that are part ...

Computers are supposed to be predictable. In 99.9 percent of cases, that’s exactly what we want from them. The exception to that rule? When we’re trying to get a computer to generate a truly random ...

The lava lamp usually gets a bum rap as some kind of lowbrow psychedelic entertainment system for people who are too strung out to enjoy any stimulation of real substance. But the lazy loafing sources ...