1993-10-06 - Re: Strong PRNGs
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From: “Perry E. Metzger” <pmetzger@lehman.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-10-06 14:35:15 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 07:35:15 PDT
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From: "Perry E. Metzger" <pmetzger@lehman.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 07:35:15 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Strong PRNGs
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Carl Ellison says:
> I can think of two:
>
> 1. a long-period PRNG (like subtract-with-carry) feeding a
> cryptographically strong hash function (perhaps triple-DES
> in ECB mode with both key nad input taken from the PRNG
> and output becoming the new PRNG output;
What would the point of using this for a one time pad be, though? Why
not just use triple-DES and be done with the bulk and complexity?
Perry
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