On Sun, 21 Apr 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Why would one want to implement a PRNG in silicon, when one can > easily implement a real RNG in silicon?
Both applications are orthogonal. PRNG != entropy. > And if one is implementing a PRNG in software, it is trivial to > have lots of internal state (asymptotically approaching one-time > pad properties). Yes, but software is too slow to be able to handle >GBit data rates. It's inefficient use of CPU silicon real estate.
