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The problem in the running code was discovered in 1995 by Ian Goldberg and David Wagner, [4] who had to reverse engineer the object code because Netscape refused to reveal the details of its random number generation (security through obscurity). That RNG was fixed in later releases (version 2 and higher) by more robust (i.e., more random and so ...
The RNG validation list carries the following notice: "As of January 1, 2016, in accordance with the SP800-131A Revision 1 Transitions: Recommendation for Transitioning the Use of Cryptographic Algorithms and Key Lengths, the use of RNGs specified in FIPS 186-2, [X9.31], and the 1998 version of [X9.62] is no longer approved.
If p = ab r − 1 is prime, then Fermat's little theorem guarantees that the order of any element must divide p − 1 = ab r − 2, so one way to ensure a large order is to choose a such that p is a "safe prime", that is both p and (p − 1)/2 = ab r /2 − 1 are prime.
[1] In its original form, it is of poor quality and of historical interest only. Lehmer generator: 1951 D. H. Lehmer [2] One of the very earliest and most influential designs. Linear congruential generator (LCG) 1958 W. E. Thomson; A. Rotenberg [3] [4] A generalisation of the Lehmer generator and historically the most influential and studied ...
There are several "pools" of entropy; each entropy source distributes its alleged entropy evenly over the pools; and (here is the key idea) on the nth reseeding of the generator, pool k is used only if n is a multiple of 2 k. Thus, the kth pool is used only 1/2 k of the time. Higher-numbered pools, in other words, (1) contribute to reseedings ...
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The letters are determined by the number of 1s in a byte 0, 1, or 2 yield A, 3 yields B, 4 yields C, 5 yields D and 6, 7 or 8 yield E. Thus we have a monkey at a typewriter hitting five keys with various probabilities (37, 56, 70, 56, 37 over 256).
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Donald L. Nickles joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -51.4 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.