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PRNG design document?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Tim Dierks)
Thu Aug 21 21:40:07 2003
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Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 11:57:32 -0400
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From: Tim Dierks <tim@dierks.org>
Is there a definitive or highly recommended paper or book on the design of
PRNGs?
I'm assuming a cryptographic PRNG of the type in OpenSSL, PGP, etc., where
entropic seeding data is accumulated into a pool and output is produced by
operating on the pool with a secure hash or similar cryptographic algorithm.
I'm interested in whether there's a strong source on what the design
considerations for how to process the input into the pool, mix & remix the
pool, and generate output are. I'm familiar with a number of generators and
many issues in building such things, but I don't know if I've seen a single
design document.
Thanks,
- Tim
PS - Either I've been dropped, the list is dead, or no one has had anything
to say for the last month.
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