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The generation of random or pseudorandom data, and the use of randomness in security protocols

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Why is Math.random() not designed to be cryptographically secure?

A good example of this is a Fortuna-like pseudo-random number generator. … You encrypt a number 1 with a key for the first random number (where the cipher block is a big number), then encrypt number 2 with a key for the second random number, and so on. …
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