Re: AES as hash function and PRNG

Sam Trenholme wrote:
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>>To generate session keys, I need random numbers. Because there is no
>>true random source, I have to use a PRNG. This PRNG (if it is one)
>>is invoked only once for every key generation. At the moment I'm
>>thinking about the following way:
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You can buy machines that generate random numbers, PCs from VIA for
instance.

If you only need a few numbers you can use dice. A row can produce 2 bits.

1 = 01
2 = 10
3 = 11
4 = 00
5 = roll again
6 = roll again

Andrew Swallow
Received on Thu Sep 29 21:43:31 2005