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Re: CSPRNG algorithms
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Darren Lasko)
Thu May 7 22:03:28 2009
In-Reply-To: <20090313191615.GC15102@subspacefield.org>
Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:58:06 -0600
From: Darren Lasko <dlasko@ieee.org>
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
On Fri, Mar 13, 2009 at 1:16 PM, Travis
<travis+ml-cryptography@subspacefield.org> wrote:
>
> I have never seen a good catalog of computationally-strong
> pseudo-random number generators.
Here is a list of the FIPS-approved random number generators:
http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/toolkit/random_number.html
NIST Special Publication 800-90 provides recommendations for
"deterministic random bit generators" (not sure why they chose to use
"DRBG" instead of "PRNG") based on hash functions, block ciphers, and
number theoretic problems (speculation exists that the latter contains
a back door).
Best regards,
Darren Lasko
Principal Engineer
Advanced Development Group, Storage Products
Fujitsu Computer Products of America
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