A cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) or cryptographic pseudorandom number generator (CPRNG) is a pseudorandom number generator...
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A pseudorandom number generator (PRNG), also known as a deterministic random bit generator (DRBG), is an algorithm for generating a sequence of numbers...
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extraction. With a proper DRBG algorithm selected (cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator, CSPRNG), the combination can satisfy the requirements...
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for applications such as cryptography. However, carefully designed cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNGS) also exist, with...
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pseudorandom against F. The distribution D is often specified as the output of a pseudorandom generator. Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number...
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/dev/random (category Random number generation)
special files that provide random numbers from a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG). The CSPRNG is seeded with entropy (a value...
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random). Pseudorandom functions are vital tools in the construction of cryptographic primitives, especially secure encryption schemes. Pseudorandom functions...
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Subverted random numbers can be created using a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator with a seed value known to the attacker but concealed...
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Block cipher (category Cryptographic primitives)
for encryption. Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNGs) can be built using block ciphers. Secure pseudorandom permutations of...
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interoperable versions of a program. Cryptographic protocols are widely used for secure application-level data transport. A cryptographic protocol usually incorporates...
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ISAAC (cipher) (redirect from ISAAC (cryptography))
(indirection, shift, accumulate, add, and count) is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator and a stream cipher designed by Robert J. Jenkins...
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Random seed (redirect from Random number seed)
a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator or from a hardware random number generator. Map seed Salt (cryptography) Pseudorandomness Cryptographic...
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Dual EC DRBG (redirect from Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator)
Deterministic Random Bit Generator) is an algorithm that was presented as a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) using methods...
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best known example of quantum cryptography is quantum key distribution, which offers an information-theoretically secure solution to the key exchange problem...
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protocol is that even if one or two of the cryptographic primitives it uses are attacked, it is still secure. The SRP protocol has been revised several...
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A5/1 (redirect from A5 (cryptography))
degrees of the three registers are relatively prime, the period of this generator is the product of the periods of the three registers. Thus the period...
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analogues of them. The NoMo1 link was subsequently renamed Codfish. A large number of Tunny links were monitored by the Y-station at Knockholt and given names...
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The function has the same security properties as any (cryptographically secure) pseudorandom function. Specifically it shall be hard to distinguish the...
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intended, and must not be used, for cryptographic applications; use a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator for such applications. Although...
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TwoFish, Serpent and Camellia. Cryptographic hash functions A few cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators do not rely on cipher algorithms...
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Feistel cipher (category Cryptography)
is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom function, with Ki used as the seed, then 3 rounds are sufficient to make the block cipher a pseudorandom permutation...
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yields a strong, cryptographically-secure source of randomness[citation needed]. But cryptographically-secure pseudorandom number generators tend to be slow...
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above the '4' instead of '4'. Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator Diceware Hardware random number generator Key size Master Password (algorithm)...
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ciphers by generating blocks of a keystream (in place of a Pseudorandom number generator) and applying an XOR operation to each bit of the plaintext...
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well. As a general rule, any software except a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) should be avoided. Transport Layer Security...
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Cryptography Pseudorandom noise SIGSALY SCIP Secure telephone Secure Terminal Equipment VINSON VoIP VPN NSA encryption systems ZRTP Fishbowl (secure phone)...
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Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (category Public-key cryptography)
be greater than n {\displaystyle n} but not longer.) Select a cryptographically secure random integer k {\displaystyle k} from [ 1 , n − 1 ] {\displaystyle...
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Pseudorandom generators are necessary for many applications in cryptography. The pseudorandom generator theorem shows that cryptographically secure pseudorandom...
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Mersenne Twister (category Pseudorandom number generators)
The Mersenne Twister is a general-purpose pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) developed in 1997 by Makoto Matsumoto (松本 眞) and Takuji Nishimura (西村 拓士)...
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In cryptography, MULTI-S01 (pronounced multi-ess-zero-one), is an encryption algorithm based on a pseudorandom number generator (PRNG). MULTI-S01 is an...
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