" cryptography ... missile system ... encrypting ... transmitting ...
Al Quaeda ... NSA" sequence occurring twice within 7 hours in the same
mail-list. Somewhere in VA a computer just burped. Expect the black
helicopters within 24 hours. :)
davew
On Sat, 21 Jul 2007 13:34:44 -0600, "Robert Holmes"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> Cryptography. The required robustness of a random generator is highly
> sensitive to the intended application;
>
> - Generating a "thought for the day" for your blog? Required
> randomness = low.
> - Response testing a missile system? Required randomness = medium
> - Stealing above test results, encrypting them and transmitting them
> to Al Quaeda in a form that you hope the NSA won't understand?
> Required
> randomness = high
>
> Robert
>
> On 7/21/07, Peter Lissaman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > Why is it important (except intellectually) to have "true" randomness???
> > I very well remember the early, good old, bad old, days of Aerospace, in the
> > 50's, when we were really doing practical earthshattering things -- like
> > going to the moon -- sans computers!! The RAND corporation, for whom I
> > consulted, published a typed book (size of a Manhattan telephone directory)
> > of "random" numbers for engineering application. Much entertainment was
> > occasioned when, about three months later, they distributed a list of
> > "typos" to their original list of random numbers. Today I use homemade
> > random numbers alla time for real problems, specifically the actual response
> > of real flight vehicles in real atmospheric turbulence. Flight tests
> > support analysis, in the sense that what we predict is not obviously
> > incorrect. We have never found it necessary to utilize any more "perfectly
> > random" "random" sequences!
> >
> >
> > Peter Lissaman, Da Vinci Ventures
> >
> > Expertise is not knowing everything, but knowing what to look for.
> >
> > 1454 Miracerros Loop South, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
> > TEL: (505) 983-7728 FAX: (505) 983-1694
> >
> >
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