On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 02:47:19AM +0200, Bob Bib wrote:
> Hello,
>
> just curious,
> what's the official meaning of the "CRNG" acronym (e. g., in [1])?
>
> Some searching suggests that "C[S]RNG"
> means "cryptographic[-strength] random number generator".
> [1]
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c
> [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/691071/
> [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/660452/
> [4] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel=110247024805208=2
CRNG is an acronym for Cryptoraphic Random Number Generator..
Some people will use CSRNG, where the "S" can be "strong" or
"strength". I prefer CRNG.
- Ted
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