Timeline for Lessons learned and misconceptions regarding encryption and cryptology
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| Jun 19, 2011 at 6:24 | comment | added | D.W. | Random.org is best for simulation and other non-security purposes. Random.org is not a good basis for a seed for a cryptographic PRNG, because you can't trust it is unknown to others. | |
| Jun 17, 2011 at 4:45 | comment | added | this.josh | I remember learning Basic on my Apple ][e. I was writing a game and needed some random input so I used RND(1). I had to keep rebooting to debug my game and I noticed that the random element always went in the same sequence after boot. It was then I learned about pseudorandom number generators. If you need some random seeds, Random.org offers free random number generation based on atmosphereic noise. | |
| Feb 20, 2011 at 9:26 | history | edited | D.W. | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
correct typo with .RandomNumberGenerator
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| Feb 20, 2011 at 5:35 | history | edited | D.W. | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
add an example
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| Feb 20, 2011 at 4:06 | history | answered | D.W. | CC BY-SA 2.5 |