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Australian National University hosts a random number generator based on quantum fluctuations in the vacuum : https://qrng.anu.edu.au/ https://qrng.anu.edu.au/
by garyiskidding 2y ago
Australian National University hosts a random number generator based on quantum fluctuations in the vacuum : https://qrng.anu.edu.au/ https://qrng.anu.edu.au/
Question : With respect to breaking cryptography, today's cryptographically secure pseudo random number generators (CSPRNGs) seem capable.
What threat scenarios would require true (or near-true) random generators?
- djcannabiz 2y agoCSPRNGs still need to be seeded with random numbers.
- JoachimS 2y agoAnd very importantly, a TRNG is often not cryptographically safe and should never be directly used for security related use cases. Basically only be used to (re)seed a good CSPRNG (DRBG in NIST parlance). Another benefit of a CSPRNG is vastly higher performance than most TRNGs can achieve. A TRNG often provide kbps birate. A CSPRNG can easily deliver Many MBps, even GBps.
- garyiskidding 2y agothank you.