1993-10-06 - Living in a state of sin
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From: Tom Libert <libert@citi.umich.edu>
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From: Tom Libert <libert@citi.umich.edu>
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 93 07:05:15 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Living in a state of sin
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Don't use PRNGs for one time pads. To quote Don Knuth, anyone
using software methods to generate random numbers "is living in
a state of sin."
Knuth quoted John von Neumann:
"Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits
is, of course, in a state of sin." (1951)
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