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Re: Strong PRNGs
Carl Ellison says:
> I can think of two:
>
> 1. a long-period PRNG (like subtract-with-carry) feeding a
> cryptographically strong hash function (perhaps triple-DES
> in ECB mode with both key nad input taken from the PRNG
> and output becoming the new PRNG output;
What would the point of using this for a one time pad be, though? Why
not just use triple-DES and be done with the bulk and complexity?
Perry
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- Strong PRNGs
- From: cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)