Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
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

Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 09:53 PM, Joseph Ashwood wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Two ideas for random number generation

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 11:09 PM, Eugen Leitl wrote: 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

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Tim May wrote: What real-life examples can you name where Gbit rates of random digits are actually needed? Multimedia streams, routers. If I want to secure a near-future 10 GBit Ethernet stream with a symmetric cypher for the duration of a few years (periodic rekeying

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation: Q for Eugene

2002-04-22 Thread gfgs pedo
hi, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22 Apr 2002 at 0:08, Ben Laurie wrote: Oh surely you can do better than that - making it hard to guess the seed is also clearly a desirable property (and one that the square root rng does not have). U can choose any arbitrary seed(greater than 100

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hi, Here is a query frm my friend- I wondered if anyone knows a solution for my problem... x mod m = a x mod n = b Let's say i choose small number... m=5 n=3 a=3 b=1 then it's x mod 5 = 3 x mod 3 = 1 after trying a but you will now that x=13

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Re: 'Enigma' reviewed in Salon.

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation: Q for Eugene

2002-04-22 Thread Ben Laurie
gfgs pedo wrote: hi, --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 22 Apr 2002 at 0:08, Ben Laurie wrote: Oh surely you can do better than that - making it hard to guess the seed is also clearly a desirable property (and one that the square root rng does not have). U can choose any

RE: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Trei, Peter
[EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Why would one want to implement a PRNG in silicon, when one can easily implement a real RNG in silicon? RNGs and PRNGs serve somewhat different purposes in current cryptographic systems. Both are useful, but it's not clear to me that the

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RE: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Jack Lloyd
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Trei, Peter wrote: So my suggestion is that while hardware accelaration of PRNGs may have some usefulness, true RNGs need not have the same performance. I'd rather see people work on making the true RNGs *trustworthy*, which is a much more difficult problem. Out of

Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Tim May wrote: What real-life examples can you name where Gbit rates of random digits are actually needed? Multimedia streams, routers. If I want to secure a near-future 10 GBit Ethernet stream with a

Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation: Q for Eugene

2002-04-22 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: gfgs pedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh surely you can do better than that - making it hard to guess the seed is also clearly a desirable property (and one that the square root rng does not have). U can choose any arbitrary seed(greater than 100 bits as

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Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation: Q for Eugene

2002-04-22 Thread gfgs pedo
hi, I get the point.Thanx for all the replies. regards Data. --- Joseph Ashwood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: gfgs pedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh surely you can do better than that - making it hard to guess the seed is also clearly a desirable

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Jim Choate
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Trei, Peter wrote: The defining difference between the two is that if you know the algorithm and seed, the output of a PRNG can be reproduced, at a different time, place. or both. There are circumstances in which this is very much a desired quality. Actually you left

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Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Tim May
On Sunday, April 21, 2002, at 09:53 PM, Joseph Ashwood wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: Re: Two ideas for random number generation

Need help on x mod m

2002-04-22 Thread gfgs pedo
hi, Here is a query frm my friend- I wondered if anyone knows a solution for my problem... x mod m = a x mod n = b Let's say i choose small number... m=5 n=3 a=3 b=1 then it's x mod 5 = 3 x mod 3 = 1 after trying a but you will now that x=13

Re: CDR: 'Enigma' reviewed in Salon.

2002-04-22 Thread F. Marc de Piolenc
Ultra originated in Poland, not Britain. The wartime decryption work was of course carried out in Britain, but without the prewar seed work of the Poles it would probably have been futile. Marc de Piolenc matthew X wrote: It's not the great movie yet to be made on the subject, but I'm sure

Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Tim May [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 21, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: CDR: Re: Two ideas for random number generation Why would one want to implement a PRNG in silicon, when one can

Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Tim May wrote: What real-life examples can you name where Gbit rates of random digits are actually needed? Multimedia streams, routers. If I want to secure a near-future 10 GBit Ethernet stream with a symmetric cypher for the duration of a few years (periodic rekeying

Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Eugen Leitl
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

Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation

2002-04-22 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: Eugen Leitl [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 22 Apr 2002, Tim May wrote: What real-life examples can you name where Gbit rates of random digits are actually needed? Multimedia streams, routers. If I want to secure a near-future 10 GBit Ethernet stream with a

Re: Re: Two ideas for random number generation: Q for Eugene

2002-04-22 Thread Joseph Ashwood
- Original Message - From: gfgs pedo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Oh surely you can do better than that - making it hard to guess the seed is also clearly a desirable property (and one that the square root rng does not have). U can choose any arbitrary seed(greater than 100 bits as