Re: strengthening /dev/urandom

From: Guy Macon (http://www.guymacon.com)
Date: 08/31/04 

Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:57:44 -0700

Ernst Lippe <ernstl-at-planet-dot-nl@ignore.this> says...
>
>On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 09:11:10 -0700, Guy Macon wrote:
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>> Ernst Lippe <ernstl-at-planet-dot-nl@ignore.this> says...
>>
>>>Your definition for a TRNG seems far too strict,
>>
>> What should I call a perfectly random source of data when that's what I
>> wish to talk about?
>
>The term "perfect" seems very suitable, after all most
>crypto terms that contain the word perfect are not very
>practical :)
>
>Ernst Lippe

Got it. Perfect Random Number Generator = PRNG. Thanks!

(GUY runs for cover as everyone throws things at him...)

Seriously, I find myself to be quite reluctant to call the output of
even the finest Hardware RNGs "True Random." That seems to imply a
perfection that I, as an EE, know does not exist. 

-- 
Guy Macon <http://www.guymacon.com>