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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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