Re: Selecting parameters for LCGs

M Taylor (mctaylor@privacy.nb.ca)
Thu, 4 Feb 1999 13:29:38 -0400 (AST)

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On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, bram wrote:

> On Wed, 3 Feb 1999, Jim Gillogly wrote:
>
> > bram writes:
> > >
> > > 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.
> >
> > Did I use the terminology wrong? By CSPRNG I meant "cryptographic
> > strength PSEUDO random number generator"
>
> Oh, I meant Continuously Seeded Pseudo Random Number Generator - a
> distinct cryptographic primitive.
>
> Someone posted here that he uses CSPRNG to refer to random number
> generators which you can feed entropy bits into at any time, so I started
> doing that as well. Do people think this is reasonably clear? The paper on

Perhaps, Continuously Fed Pseudo Random Number Generator (CFPRNG).

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