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Re: CSPRNG algorithms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sandy Harris)
Thu Apr 30 23:10:23 2009
In-Reply-To: <20090313191615.GC15102@subspacefield.org>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 08:15:04 +0800
From: Sandy Harris <sandyinchina@gmail.com>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 3:16 AM, Travis
<travis+ml-cryptography@subspacefield.org> wrote:
> I have never seen a good catalog of computationally-strong
> pseudo-random number generators. =A0It seems that everyone tries to roll
> their own in whatever application they are using, and I bet there's a
> lot of waste and inefficiency and re-inventing the wheel involved.
>
> If this true, or is there a survey somewhere? =A0If not, would people
> like to help me create one by emailing me references to extant PRNG
> definitions?
Not complete, but this encyclopedia article has some links:
http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Random_number#Random_sequences_from_physical=
_phenomena
It is a wiki so if you can improve it, please do.
No doubt Wikipedia has a list as well. All the usual
crypto texts have chapters on it, too.
--=20
Sandy Harris,
Quanzhou, Fujian, China
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