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A comment on NIST reopens draft recommendation on random number generation for comment [pdf].

Re:NIST reopens draft recommendation on random number genera... by Wingman4l7 on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @10:13PM (#6365038)
For those curious (as I was) as to what the heck that title means, the press release linked deals with The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and what kind of random number generators (RNGs) they recommend using.
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Re:NIST reopens draft recommendation on random number genera... by seldo on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @10:19PM (#6365088)
Agreed, a rewording of the title to something a little more accessible would not go amiss.
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Re:NIST reopens draft recommendation on random number genera... by nitrogen on Tuesday September 10, 2013 @10:29PM (#6365119)
The terms EC-DRBG and NIST have come up quite a bit lately on HN with regards to the NSA, so it's not unreasonable to use them to ensure a descriptive title fits in the 80 characters allotted.

The other cryptic term, SP800-90a, looks like the issue number of an official standard, like ISO-8859 or EIA/TIA-568.

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