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Re:NIST Random Beacon by grosscol on Thursday July 20, 2017 @09:05AM (#14812092)
Wouldn't the weak point in that system then be the PRNG? If so, doesn't that require the use of a crytographically secure PRNG in the first place?
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Re:NIST Random Beacon by smoyer on Thursday July 20, 2017 @09:18AM (#14812177)
Yes ... the PRNG is the weak point (just as it always is). And if you're only using enough bits from the PRNG to generate a timestamp, you also have to worry about whether the distribution is flat.
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