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Re:Debunking NIST's calculation of the Kyber-512 security level by pclmulqdq on Wednesday October 04, 2023 @10:50AM (#37765998)
"Verifiably random" means produced using a process where it isn't possible for you to know the outcome. In this case, saying "the key is [X], which is the SHA-2 hash of [Y]" would allow you to know that they couldn't choose [X] without breaking SHA-2.
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