tangential question; does anyone know of a cheap hardware random number generator for PCs. thanks.

WaywardGeek built one on thermal noise that's on Tindie for about $35:

https://github.com/waywardgeek/infnoise

https://www.tindie.com/products/WaywardGeek/infinite-noise-t...

I remember him from the CipherShed project that was trying to reboot TrueCrypt. Discussed securing the build system & distribution. He seemed smart. I have no experience with Tindie, though, so I'd appreciate feedback from anyone that knows about them. He also includes BOM, etc on the GitHub so someone can source and build it themselves.