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Article #103Re: random number generator
From: Ross Anderson
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:31
Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1992 13:31
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An enormous amount has been done on this subject by the cryptological fraternity. In fact, most cryptosystems in use outside the banking world seem to work by applying a pseudo-random number stream to the plaintext. Suggestion: if you want a really good random number generator for stats work, just encrypt a counter using the DES algorithm. If you can find anything statistically wrong with this, then you'll be famous (if the spooks don't get to you first). Ross Anderson Cambridge University Computer Laboratory rja14@cl.cam.ac.uk +44.223.334676
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!warwick!cam-cl!cam-cl!rja14 From: rja14@cl.cam.ac.uk (Ross Anderson) Newsgroups: sci.math.stat Subject: Re: random number generator Message-ID: <1992Jul28.133148.20207@cl.cam.ac.uk> Date: 28 Jul 92 13:31:48 GMT References: <1992Jul27.132508.217@ginger.hnrc.tufts.edu> <1992Jul27.201230.984@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> Sender: news@cl.cam.ac.uk (The news facility) Reply-To: rja14@cl.cam.ac.uk (Ross Anderson) Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK Lines: 13