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Mike Rosing (eresrch@msn.fullfeed.com)
Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:13:07 -0600 (CST)
> Nope. Diehard (or ANY other test suite) analyzes the statistics, but cannot
> measure a lower bound for entropy. It may tell you if the candidate RNG is
> good for a Montecarlo, not if it is cryptographically secure. This has been
> said before, but needs to be reiterated.
You mean upper bound? And what would convince you that a hardware RNG is
cryptographically secure?
Patience, persistence, truth,
Dr. mike
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