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The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:25
bram (bram@gawth.com)
Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:31:24 -0800 (PST)
On Tue, 2 Feb 1999, Jim Gillogly wrote:
> However, I agree that a CSPRNG would be dominate either LC or GFSR if
> it's equally fast: anything bad for Monte Carlo is worse for crypto.
One of the advantages of a strict PRNG is that you can make it spit out
the exact same output multiple times. Applications where that is
beneficial (for example, simulations which have no security needs) can
actually be hurt by using a CSPRNG.
-Bram
The following archive was created by hippie-mail 7.98617-22 on Sat Apr 10 1999 - 01:18:25