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Re:NeuG USB True Random Number Generator by tptacek on Friday January 05, 2018 @03:21PM (#16081333)
I'm abusing the term, I know. But the idea is simple, right? Even a minuscule update to the kernel entropy pool makes a previously compromised state unusable. So you don't want your CSPRNG to just be a bit generator, like HMAC or CTR.

(Zvi Gutterman refers to the property I'm talking about as "backwards security", so my abuse of the term is particularly egregious).

Re:NeuG USB True Random Number Generator by pvg on Saturday January 06, 2018 @09:24PM (#16088728)
Hah, I was really asking what you meant, not trying to chide you about about terminology. Makes sense, thanks.