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Re:Why I don't touch crypto by Strilanc on Thursday July 11, 2013 @01:12PM (#6027408)
Unfortunately, it's really really difficult to test for randomness. We can test for particular patterns, but nowhere near what a determined human with access to the source code can find.

At the moment, the only "correct" test I know of is hilariously impractical: enumerate all possible programs up to a reasonable length, run those programs against output from the random number generator for a few minutes each, and see if they're better than chance at recovering the seed you used.

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