[12863] in Cypherpunks
Re: Blum-Blum-Shub source?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Timothy C. May)
Mon May 2 13:08:40 1994
From: tcmay@netcom.com (Timothy C. May)
To: d7urban@dtek.chalmers.se (Urban Nilsson)
Date: Mon, 2 May 1994 10:00:25 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199405021319.PAA12535@hacke18.dtek.chalmers.se> from "Urban Nilsson" at May 2, 94 03:19:51 pm
>
> Timothy C. May says:
> > I don't think generating random numbers is all that much of a
> > priority. The Blum-Blum-Shub C code is available, and I defy anyone to
> > break _that_ PRNG!
>
> Where is this code available? Pointers anyone?
>
> Urban Nilsson | Use 'finger' for PGP2.3a public key.
> Gothenburg, Sweden |that makes him angry.
Look for blum-blum-shub-strong-randgen.shar and related files in
pub/crypt/other at ripem.msu.edu. (This site is chock-full of good
stuff.)
Of course, only Americans are allowed to use these random number
generators, and even they face fines of $500,000 and imprisonment for
up to 5 years for inappopriate use of random numbers.
--Tim May
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