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Re: BBS generator

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Subject: Re: BBS generator
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 1996 18:20:12 -0400
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[email protected] writes:
> Does anyone here know the approximate ammount of output from a BBS 
> PRNG needed to predict with some certainty the next bit or bits? - is 
> the generator totally secure, ie. do you need to factor to predict or 
> is there an attack using the output?

The whole point of a BBS generator is that you have to factor in order
to predict -- I'm sure that Schneier has a discussion on this.

Perry

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- BBS generator
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