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1998-10-21 - Re: PRNGs and testers.

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
To: X1 <rsriram@krdl.org.sg>
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Message ID: <362DB7C9.F0DE3296@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Reply To: <19981021151835.A26267@krdl.org.sg>
UTC Datetime: 1998-10-21 10:01:35 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 18:01:35 +0800

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From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 1998 18:01:35 +0800
To: X1 <rsriram@krdl.org.sg>
Subject: Re: PRNGs and testers.
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X1 wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> A few questions on Pseudo Random Number Generators...
> 
> 1. Which are the best software PRNG's available today?

Not answerable.  (Reason: substitute car, HIFI, medical doctor, etc. 
for 'software PRNG').

> 
> 2. Are there any software implementations to test the randomness of a
>    PRNG ? I've looked at Diehard - is there anything else?

There are tests that one can implement with reasonable effort.
A test relevant in cryptology is Maurer's test. See Menezes et al.,
Handbook of Applied Cryptography.

M. K. Shen

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