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Re: PRNGs and testers.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mok-Kong Shen)
Tue Oct 27 05:25:20 1998

Date: Tue, 27 Oct 1998 10:20:17 +0100
From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
To: David Honig <honig@sprynet.com>
CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>

David Honig wrote:
> 
> At 09:47 AM 10/26/98 +0100, Mok-Kong Shen wrote:

> >What if some PRNGs pass Maurer's test?

> I'd find it surprising if any did, given what I described.

I believe that there are quite a number. If I am allowed to cite 
my own stuff, a PRNG of my design did pass Maurer's test. See

     http://www.stud.uni-muenchen.de/~mok-kong.shen/#paper1
and
     http://www.stud.uni-muenchen.de/~mok-kong.shen/#paper9

M. K. Shen


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