EDP (entropy distribution protocol), userland PRNG design

Jack Lloyd lloyd at randombit.net
Sun Jul 2 11:21:27 EDT 2006


On Sun, Jul 02, 2006 at 03:25:09AM -0500, Travis H. wrote:
> Going over old emails.
> 
> On 10/12/05, Jack Lloyd <lloyd at randombit.net> wrote:
> >I prefer a multi-stage design, as described by various people smarter than 
> >I
> >am:
> >
> >  source(s) --> mixer --> pool --> extractor --> X9.31
> 
> Did you really mean X9.31 and not X9.17?

Yes. IIRC, same thing, just in a different standard. (And I have a
copy of X9.31, while I've never even read X9.17)

-J

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