A counter-based random number generation (CBRNG, also known as a counter-based pseudo-random number generator, or CBPRNG) is a kind of pseudorandom number...
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hardware random number generator (HRNG), true random number generator (TRNG), non-deterministic random bit generator (NRBG), or physical random 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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Random number generators are important in many kinds of technical applications, including physics, engineering or mathematical computer studies (e.g.,...
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also referred to as a cryptographic random number generator (CRNG). Most cryptographic applications require random numbers, for example: key generation...
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NIST SP 800-90A (category Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators)
Technology with the title Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic Random Bit Generators. The publication contains the specification...
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A linear congruential generator (LCG) is an algorithm that yields a sequence of pseudo-randomized numbers calculated with a discontinuous piecewise linear...
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Non-physical true random number generator (NPTRNG), also known as non-physical nondeterministic random bit generator is a true random number generator that does...
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Fortuna (PRNG) (category Pseudorandom number generators)
to enable the computer to start generating random numbers as soon as it has booted. The generator is based on any good block cipher. Practical Cryptography...
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Xorshift (category Pseudorandom number generators)
Xorshift random number generators, also called shift-register generators, are a class of pseudorandom number generators that were invented by George Marsaglia...
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CryptGenRandom is a deprecated cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator function that is included in Microsoft CryptoAPI. In Win32 programs...
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congruential generator (CLCG) is a pseudo-random number generator algorithm based on combining two or more linear congruential generators (LCG). A traditional...
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In cryptography, Galois/Counter Mode (GCM) is a mode of operation for symmetric-key cryptographic block ciphers which is widely adopted for its performance...
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ISAAC (cipher) (category Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators)
accumulate, add, and count) is a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator and a stream cipher designed by Robert J. Jenkins Jr. in 1993. The...
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Fast Azimuthal Integration in Python Random123, library of counter-based random number generators SecondSpace, simulation software for waves in 2D space StarPU...
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which enhance randomness beyond what manual shuffling can achieve. With the rise of online casinos, digital random number generators (RNGs) have become...
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ID Quantique (category Companies based in Geneva)
Number Generation focuses on developing hardware random number generators based on quantum randomness, for cryptographic and security applications (quantum...
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Linear-feedback shift register (redirect from Polynomial counter)
(July 7, 1996). "Efficient Shift Registers, LFSR Counters, and Long Pseudo-Random Sequence Generators" (PDF). Xilinx Application Notes, XAPP 052. AMD Technical...
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pseudo random number generator for driving inverse transforms is the HDR generator developed by Douglas W. Hubbard. It is a counter-based generator with...
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Yarrow algorithm (category Pseudorandom number generators)
The Yarrow algorithm is a family of cryptographic pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNG) devised by John Kelsey, Bruce Schneier, and Niels Ferguson and...
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Salsa20 (category Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators)
Cross Reference: arc4random.c. Retrieved 2016-09-07. ChaCha based random number generator for OpenBSD. riastradh (Taylor Campbell), ed. (2016-03-25)....
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Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL), confessed to rigging a random number generator that he and two others used in multiple cases of fraud against...
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AutoNumbers generated by this mechanism are assigned using a pseudo-random number generator that generates long integers and checks for collisions with existing...
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as the occurrence of the event is based on factors such as programmed probabilities; Pseudo-random number generators create the sequence of numbers used...
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using a Cryptographically Secure PseudoRandom Number Generator. CSPRNGs are designed to produce unpredictable random numbers which can be alphanumeric. While...
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Block cipher mode of operation (redirect from Counter mode)
produce the actual unique counter block for encryption. In case of a non-random nonce (such as a packet counter), the nonce and counter should be concatenated...
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non-repeating, and the required randomness is derived internally. In this case, the IV is commonly called a nonce (a number used only once), and the primitives...
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door openers and keyless car entry systems. Common PRNG (pseudorandom number generator) — preferably cryptographically secure — in both transmitter and receiver...
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proposal for a variant of the original ChaCha20 algorithm (using 32-bit counter and 96-bit nonce) and a variant of the original Poly1305 (authenticating...
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replaced SHA-1 with BLAKE2s for hashing the entropy pool in the random number generator. Open Network for Digital Commerce, a Government of India initiative...
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