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  2. Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator

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    Most PRNGs are not suitable for use as CSPRNGs and will fail on both counts. First, while most PRNGs' outputs appear random to assorted statistical tests, they do not resist determined reverse engineering. Specialized statistical tests may be found specially tuned to such a PRNG that shows the random numbers not to be truly random.

  3. Pseudorandom number generator - Wikipedia

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    It can be shown that if is a pseudo-random number generator for the uniform distribution on (,) and if is the CDF of some given probability distribution , then is a pseudo-random number generator for , where : (,) is the percentile of , i.e. ():= {: ()}. Intuitively, an arbitrary distribution can be simulated from a simulation of the standard ...

  4. Yarrow algorithm - Wikipedia

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    The Yarrow algorithm is a family of cryptographic pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNG) devised by John Kelsey, Bruce Schneier, and Niels Ferguson and published in 1999. . The Yarrow algorithm is explicitly unpatented, royalty-free, and open source; no license is required to use

  5. /dev/random - Wikipedia

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    In Unix-like operating systems, /dev/random and /dev/urandom are special files that serve as cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generators (CSPRNGs). They allow access to a CSPRNG that is seeded with entropy (a value that provides randomness ) from environmental noise, collected from device drivers and other sources.

  6. Dual_EC_DRBG - Wikipedia

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    Dual_EC_DRBG (Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator) [1] is an algorithm that was presented as a cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG) using methods in elliptic curve cryptography.

  7. List of random number generators - Wikipedia

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    However, generally they are considerably slower (typically by a factor 2–10) than fast, non-cryptographic random number generators. These include: Stream ciphers. Popular choices are Salsa20 or ChaCha (often with the number of rounds reduced to 8 for speed), ISAAC, HC-128 and RC4. Block ciphers in counter mode.

  8. Who's really behind that random strange text from nowhere? - AOL

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    Block the number: Use your phone's built-in blocking features to prevent further contact. For iPhone: Open the message , tap the sender's name or number , select "Info ," then " Block Caller ."

  9. Fortuna (PRNG) - Wikipedia

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    The entropy accumulator, which collects genuinely random data from various sources and uses it to reseed the generator when enough new randomness has arrived. The seed file, which stores enough state to enable the computer to start generating random numbers as soon as it has booted.