12d8:0001 — Alea I True Random Number Generator

This is the USB identifier for a Alea I True Random Number Generator manufactured by Araneus Information Systems Oy. The vendor ID 12d8 is registered to Araneus Information Systems Oy with the USB Implementers Forum, and 0001 is the product ID that Araneus Information Systems Oy assigned to this particular model. When you run lsusb on Linux, this device appears as 12d8:0001 Araneus Information Systems Oy Alea I True Random Number Generator.

Linux

$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 12d8:0001 Araneus Information Systems Oy Alea I True Random Number Generator

You can filter directly with lsusb -d 12d8:0001, or get the full descriptor dump with lsusb -v -d 12d8:0001. Kernel messages from dmesg show the same pair as idVendor=12d8, idProduct=0001.

Windows

In Device Manager, open the device, go to Details → Hardware Ids. This device reports:

USB\VID_12D8&PID_0001
USB\VID_12D8&PID_0001&REV_0100

From PowerShell: Get-PnpDevice | Where-Object InstanceId -match "VID_12D8&PID_0001"

macOS

$ system_profiler SPUSBDataType
    Alea I True Random Number Generator:
      Product ID: 0x0001
      Vendor ID: 0x12d8  (Araneus Information Systems Oy)

Having driver issues with this device? Most USB devices are handled by a generic class driver; if yours shows up as an unknown device, confirm the ID above first, then check the manufacturer's downloads page.

The exact lines this page is generated from, in the upstream source file:

12d8  Araneus Information Systems Oy
	0001  Alea I True Random Number Generator

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