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3. Examples of pseudo-random generators
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3.1 General model of simple PRNG
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Examples of pseudo-random generators
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Bibliography
Software tools
DIEHARD: statistical test library proposed in 1995 by G. Marsaglia https://github.com/nmondal/diehard.c
DIEHARDER: statistical test library more comprehensive than DIEHARD and maintained by R. Brown since 2003 http://www.phy.duke.edu/rgb/General/dieharder.php
...Websites
L'ECUYER Pierre. Professional page (numerous publications, software and references on PRNG) http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/lecueyer
Page of a group of computer scientists and mathematicians working on the mathematical, testing and software aspects of PRNG. http://www.random.mat.sbg.ac.at/
...Events
CHES (Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems) annual international conference since 1999. The reference in hardware cryptography with regular papers on RNG (TRNG and PRNG hardware). http://www.chesworkshop.org/
Annual CryptArchi (Cryptographic Architectures Embedded in Reconfigurable Devices) study days since 2003, mainly European....
Standards and norms
- Secure Hash Standard (SHS). Federal information processing standards (FIPS) http://www.csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips180-4/fips-180-4.pdf - FIPS 180-4 - 03-12
- Security Requirements for Cryptographic Modules. Federal information processing standards (FIPS) http://www.csrc.nist.gov/publications/fips/fips1401.htm - FIPS 140-1 - 01-94
- A Statistical Test Suite for Random and Pseudorandom Number Generators...
Patents
Parker (R.D.). – Telegraph ciphering key tape machine. US Patent 2 406 031 (1946).
Directory
Organizations – Federations – Associations (non-exhaustive list)
ANSSI: French National Agency for Information Systems Security http://www.ssi.gouv.fr/
BSI (Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der Informationstechnik ) : German Federal Office for Information Technology Security
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