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[Cryptography] Unified resource on Random Number Generation
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Arnold Reinhold)
Sat Feb 1 00:05:51 2014
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From: Arnold Reinhold <agr@me.com>
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 10:39:01 -0800
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Cc: Thierry Moreau <thierry.moreau@connotech.com>,
"James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>,
Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>,
Paul Hoffman <paul.hoffman@vpnc.org>, ianG <iang@iang.org>
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Is there any interest in developing a unified resource on RNG for Cryptography that summarizes the various viewpoints expressed here recently? It wouldn't have to resolve debates like general purpose computer vs engineered crypto hardware, or one good entropy source vs hash together everything, but instead present the arguments and engineering trade offs involved. As I envision it, it would also summarize and point to existing standards and implementations where they exist.
In particular, are any posters willing to release what they have written under a Creative Commons license, with or without attribution?
Arnold Reinhold
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