Re: depleting the random number generator

[Donald E. Eastlake 3rd]

RFC 1750 recommends the Blum Blum Shub generator.

Donald

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Date:  Sat, 17 Jul 1999 16:18:20 -0700 (PDT)
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>On Sat, 17 Jul 1999, Eugene Leitl wrote:
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>> Does anybody know how cellular automata perform re cryptographically
>> solid random number generators? They can crank out a lot of integers
>> with a minimum investment in instructions executed.
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>Most of the fancy reseedable PRNG schemes people have come up with are
>based on using secure hashes.
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>-Bram
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