In Practical Cryptography, Schneier discusses a new PRNG design called Fortuna.
It has some neat features.
He also discusses problems with the ANSI PRNG here:
http://www.schneier.com/paper-prngs.html
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We already have enough fast, insecure systems.
Terence Joseph wrote:
Hi,
The Pseudorandom Number Generator specified in Ansi X9.17 used to be one
of the best PRNGs available if I am correct.
It was? When? I had to replace the OpenSSL PRNG with X9.31 (as has been
discussed elsewhere, this is the same PRNG) for the FIPS-140
certification,
On Thu, 10 Nov 2005, Terence Joseph wrote:
The Pseudorandom Number Generator specified in Ansi X9.17 used to be one of
the best PRNGs available if I am correct. I was just wondering if this is
still considered to be the case? Is it widely used in practical situations
or is there some better
On Thu, Nov 10, 2005 at 10:33:18AM +, Terence Joseph wrote:
Hi,
The Pseudorandom Number Generator specified in Ansi X9.17 used to be one of
the best PRNGs available if I am correct. I was just wondering if this is
still considered to be the case? Is it widely used in practical
