B. A. Wichmann, I. D. Hill, Algorithm AS 183: An Efficient and Portable Pseudo-Random Number Generator, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied ...

One algorithm, a pseudo-random bit generator, Dual_EC_DRBG, was ratified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in 2007 and is attracting a lot of attention for having a ...

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To foil would-be hackers, computer systems need to generate sequences of random numbers. Some systems use what’s known as pseudo-random numbers, which are actually complex patterns that begin with a ...

Making random numbers that are actually random is actually a tough nut to crack. Most of what we do is, technically, pseudo-random (but we’ll say random number and assume you know what we mean).

Often the default seed value for a pseudo-random number generator is something like the current time converted to a number.

What they have created is an algorithm which ensures that seemingly random numbers really are as random as they look.

Random numbers are crucial for computing, but our current algorithms aren’t truly random. Researchers at Brown University have now found a way to tap into the fluctuations of quasiparticles to ...

Microsoft has acknowledged that Windows XP is plagued by the same encryption flaws Israeli researchers recently unveiled in Windows 2000; a fix will be included in the XP SP3 due out next year.