Questions tagged [random-number-generator]
A random number generator is a software or hardware solution which functions as a generator of (real or pseudo) random numbers (or bits).
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Trustless, Two-Party Randomness - Preventing Bruteforcing
This is a follow up question to this previous question, where it's asked how can two parties generate a shared random number. The consensus appears to be that party one can publish a commitment of ...
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NIST-800-22 input data format
I would like to make sure on how to set input data correctly for . Im testing some random generators. The Generator outputs a random number in decimal (for example 103), I convert it to binary (...
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What is exactly Randstorm vulnerability?
I've read the article from Unciphered about it, multiple times, and still fail to understand it
It basically says that wallets generated by BitcoinJs front end library from 2011 to 2015 are vulnerable ...
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Is the complexity of NIST's CTR_DRBG needed for security?
I'm trying to find an efficient deterministic PRF construction that can quickly output a large amount of pseudo-random data from a seed of collected entropy. I ran tests with a contruction based on ...
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Simple CSRNG design based on hash function
I was researching designs for cryptographically secure random number generators based on hash function. I know that there is Hash_DRGB but I can not understand why such a complicated design is ...
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Maximum-period rotate-add RNG
I've experimentally verified that the following (incredibly simple) PRNG can have period $2^w - 1$ for $w = 8$ and $w = 16$, for appropriate choices of $r, c$, where $0 < r < w$:
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What is better source of random bytes: Yubikey or /dev/random (or both)? [closed]
Let's say I need to generate a key, I have these three options as to where to get random data:
Yubikey (gpg-connect-agent 'SCD RANDOM 16384' /bye)
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Is the random number analiser software reliable for performing Nist 800_22 test
I am working on generating pseudo random numbers from a chaotic oscillator's signal. In literature I have read about the Nist 800-22 test used for checking randomness. I friend gave me a software &...
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Deriving a cryptographic PRNG from a publicly random sequence
Consider a model of computation where we have a public oracle that provides access to a random sequence $R$. Given an index $i$ the oracle returns either 0 or 1, with the responses being deterministic,...
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"intermediate" PRNG
Two popular example dynamical systems for PRNG are
LFSRs, basically the orbit $(x^ks)_{k>0}$ for some non-zero seed $s$ and (primitive) $x$ in $GF(2^n)^{\times}$
CTR_DRBG, say with AES128 and 256-...
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Interpretation of the Result of Dieharder Battrery of Tests: Very High p-value Result in rgb_lagged_sum Test in Dieharder Results in "WEAK" Assesment
I'm currently testing the randomness of using SHA-256 in Hash_DRBG mechanism based on this research. The parameters used in the testing are the default parameters, except for when the PRNG fails a ...
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Custom linear random number generator
I've made an implementation of a linear RNG. It has two constants: b and p. Every time new value of ...
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How good is blake3 compared to a random oracle?
How good is blake3 for generating pseudo-random bitstrings in comparison to a random oracle?
Let's say we generated an arbitrarily long pseudo-random bitstring by concatenating blake3 hashes together ...
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Where are TRNGs an absolute need?
Are there situations currently where a PRNG just will not do? Are there current situations where only a TRNG will be useful?
What about if someone uses a cryptographically secure PRNG?
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Entropy extraction from a Zener diode TRNG
My project is to build a true random number generator that relies on the avalanche effect in a Zener diode. This for a messaging device that uses one-time-pad encryption. Reading about similar ...
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Should I Test A PRNG Using A Fixed Entropy Source For Its Seed?
I want to test a C implementation of Hash_DRBG—which test_demo.c file I will modify to produce random binaries indefinitely to STDOUT as to be used by piping its output—using DIEHARDER for a research. ...
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Security of the trivium stream cipher
So I've been trying to implement a Non-Deterministic RBG based on randomness polling from non-hardware sources (nothing novel, just a side-project). Since collecting entropy and further conditioning ...
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Conformance of Windows Random Number Generator (SP800-90A) with Key Lifecycle Security Requirements of the BSI
The BSI (Federal Office for Information Security in Germany) has published a paper detailing the requirements of cryptographic modules for certain applications in the energy sector: Key Lifecycle ...
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Is there a counterpart of /dev/random and /dev/urandom in Windows NT systems?
I am trying to implement a TRNG on Windows and among other entropy sources, I want to extract raw bytes from various kinds of CPU and process info.
As per my knowledge, BCryptGenRandom is a CRNG in ...
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Manual entropy collection from sources with an arbitrary base
I'm writing a tool for manually collecting entropy from sources like coins and dice, and I'm wondering how to best deal with the case where the desired number of bits of entropy is not representable ...
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symmetric key generation - random number vs pbkdf2
I am working on improving my grasp on applied cryptography. Following question is just for learning/understanding purposes..
Lets say I want to generate a 16 byte key that I want to use for some ...
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Can this algorithm be called a RNG?
So I developed this algorithm as RNG, although it looks random to me, I wanted to know the opinion of more experienced persons in the topic.
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Are TRNGs used in low power devices? Why?
I read somewhere that TRNGs are better than cryptographic algorithms that generate pseudo-random numbers (PRNGs) because these algorithms are more energy intensive than TRNGs.
By low power devices, I ...
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Can I predict CryptGenRandom on my own device?
I have a Windows 10 laptop with an algorithm that creates a random number using the PRNG CryptGenRandom. According to Wikipedia:
Because CryptGenRandom is the de facto standard CSPRNG in Win32 ...
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What are the state-of-the-art TRNGs today?
How fast are the fastest ones? Which ones have the most entropy? Which ones are the most practical ones?
I tried looking for answers on Wikipedia and also, I tried reading papers, but I am couldn’t ...
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Is it valid to transform the tested sample file and re-test, rather than invent additional randomness tests?
I'm enhancing the venerable ent randomness test suite. And I came across this idea in On Independence and Sensitivity of Statistical Randomness Tests.
"To ...
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Can someone give a comprehensive guide on how to run NIST SP 800 90B entropy assessment c code in windows? [closed]
I am trying to run the github code in windows 11. I don't know what all I need to install in my laptop to run the C++ code. It would be a great help if someone can point out the steps to run the code.
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Optimize the speed of a safe prime finder in C
I am trying to implement the Schnorr’s identification protocol in C. I need a safe prime in order to be able to find a generator of the cyclic group efficiently. The problem is that my program takes ...
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Is Python secrets module using a unsafe RNG on Windows?
The Python secrets module claims to produce cryptographically secure random numbers. I did some research on which random number generator is used when you call the secrets module on Windows. I found ...
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Generating X ids on Y offline machines in a short time period without collision
In theory this is what I have :
Around 10 000 offline machines
Each machine will generate around 10 000 ids
I can program the machine in any way I want, but I prefer a low memory and low cpu
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A HRNG that is NIST 800-90 compliant is not suitable for use for OTP generation right?
A HRNG that is NIST 800-90 compliant must use a DRBG in some way regardless of whether it adheres to a RBG1, RBG2 RBG3(XOR), or RBG3(RS) construction. This violates the requirement that the OTP is ...
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Why does NIST SP 800-90C RBG3 construction require XOR or reseeding a DRBG with a physical entropy source to produce full entropy?
NIST 800-90C defines 3 classes of random bit generation (RBG) constructions: RBG1, RBG2 and RBG3. All constructions must include a DRBG from NIST SP 800-90A. The particular construction in question is ...
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Academic papers for the pros and cons of password based system and digital signature with challenge and response system
I don't really know what should be the correct title for this and the community can correct it after reading.
I was the author of PKDSA (Searchable on github).
I have the idea to do it because I feel ...
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How did the VB6 PRNG generate a byte output from a specific seed, and how to replicate in C? [closed]
I'm hoping to get some help regarding an old problem that has eluded me. I'm trying to figure out how the VB6 PRNG was used to generate a byte output from the two byte seed that the Randomize() ...
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Predicting compromised OpenSSL 3.0 DRBG
The OpenSSL 3.0 rand function's DRBG uses the getrandom() system call to get 48 bytes of secure entropy from the kernel. It also ...
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theoretical hash collisions vs random number collisions
I have a theoretical question about the probability of collisions of hashes versus random numbers. I'm not interested in the exact probabilities. The exact hash function is not relevant (we can assume ...
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Collision Resistance in Random Bit Generator
Consider following simple RBG where SHA-256 of random noise (more than 200Bytes of 4 bits entropy per byte) is computed to produce 256 output bits
$\text{output} = \operatorname{SHA-256}(\text{...
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What is the result of not connecting the 1st register to the xor gate in LFSR?
I designed 8 bit lfsr in vhdl. According to mathematical theory, I xor processed the outputs of registers 1, 4, 5, 6 and 8 and connected them to the input of register 1. theory says that if I give the ...
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Communication through shared seed in RNG
Given that there are two parties, and a process has been conducted by which both parties are knowledgeable of a shared value p, how could two parties communicate with each other over a public channel ...
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Is a pseudorandom function (PRF) also a one-way function (OWF)? If yes, how can we proof that a PRF $f_k$ is a OWF? If no, what is the closest work?
Let $f_k$ be a PRF. We claim that $f_k$ is a OWF. PROOF let $f_k$ is not a OWF, there exists a $PPT$ algorithm $A$ that can invert $f_k$ with non-negligible advantage. Even if we know the input $x$ ...
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Public seed expansion for uniform reference strings
Many cryptographic protocols are parameterized by a uniformly random reference string (e.g. the commitment key for Pedersen commitments).
Our goal is to publicly generate the random values of this ...
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How to generate random numbers within a range (0,n) from random bits?
What is a good method to generate random numbers between 0 and n from random bits?
For example, I have a one million random bits generated according to NIST SP 800 90 publications. Now I need to ...
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How can 4 users generate a provable fair random number?
The past few weeks I have been trying to solve a difficult problem.
I have asked some cryptography experts but unfortunately they had no clue on how to solve the problem.
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Concatenating RNG with PRNG
Is it secure to concatenate numbers from an RNG with numbers from a PRNG? I was thinking to throw a dice and use four outcomes to use as real random numbers, one outcome to change to the next ...
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How bad are human-generated random numbers really (One Time Pad)?
This is a pretty open question, so I'm mostly looking for gut reactions from experts more educated than I.
Given these assumptions which are easy to verify with a quick Google search:
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Any simple, cryptographically secure AES-based DRNG?
I am looking for a DRNG/DRBG (cryptographically secure) algorithm/function (which I can program into js). I am looking to use a DRNG as a seed generator for generating multiple, identical AES keys on ...
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Pseudo Random Number Generator test uniform distribution
If I test the Pseudo Random Number Generator(PRNG) and it satisfies the serial test, it is not sure that the resulting distribution is uniform. Is my observation correct? If it is correct, what test ...
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Drawbacks of multiple sources of entropy for AES
Since AES needs IV to be random (unless fed by a unit test), I was wondering how to properly handle it.
I know that Intel/AMD now supports the rdrand64 function but ...
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NodeJS : Generate unique 16-digit decimal values [closed]
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I need to generate unique 16-digit decimal values in NodeJS API or C++ Addon.
It's used internally in my organization (gift card id). And performance doesn't matter as it's generated non-...
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ChaCha-based Sponge PRNG fails PractRand suite
TL;DR: My simple ChaCha-based sponge PRNG is getting "unusual" evaluation from PractRand test battery pretty reliably, sometimes even within the first GB; I'm trying understand why.
I was in ...
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