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Re:Toddler Password – Get a secure password generated by a t... by amarena on Saturday November 02, 2019 @11:12PM (#21431877)
That is a PRNG, not a stream cipher.
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Re:Toddler Password – Get a secure password generated by a t... by Dylan16807 on Saturday November 02, 2019 @11:24PM (#21431921)
A secure PRNG and a stream cipher are pretty much the same thing. You take the random bits and XOR them with the stream, if you have one. The generation is the same.
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