[104522] in Cypherpunks
Re: PRNGs and testers.
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michael Motyka)
Thu Oct 22 13:27:28 1998
Date: Thu, 22 Oct 1998 10:03:45 -0700
From: Michael Motyka <mmotyka@lsil.com>
To: cypherpunks@Algebra.COM
Reply-To: Michael Motyka <mmotyka@lsil.com>
>Hi,
>
> A few questions on Pseudo Random Number Generators...
>
> 1. Which are the best software PRNG's available today?
>
> 2. Are there any software implementations to test the randomness of a
> PRNG ? I've looked at Diehard - is there anything else?
>
I found Bruce Schneier's paper on PRNGs at http://www.counterpane.com
somewhat eye-opening.
