1994-04-18 - rng, anyone?

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1994-04-18 01:30:14 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 17 Apr 94 18:30:14 PDT

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From: hughes@ah.com (Eric Hughes)
Date: Sun, 17 Apr 94 18:30:14 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: rng, anyone?
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>> There is a problem with generating random numbers by repeated
>> iterations of a hash function when these numbers will be used to
>> simulate an encrypted message body.  

>Try xoring the output with a secret value between MD5 hashes.

That'll work.  Take the seed as the secret value, and take the first
hash as the first block.

Eric





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