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The INTEL® Random Number Generator
Overview Good cryptography requires good random numbers. This paper evaluates the hardware-based Intel Random Number Generator (RNG) for use in cryptographic applications. Almost all cryptographic protocols require the generation and use of secret values that must be unknown to attackers. For example, random number generators are required to generate public/private keypairs for asymmetric (public key) algorithms including RSA, DSA, and Diffie-Hellman. Keys for symmetric and hybrid cryptosystems are also generated randomly. RNGs are also used to create challenges, padding bytes, and blinding values.
| Publisher | Cryptography Research | File Format | PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5 |
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| Date Published | April 1999 | Downloads | 13 |
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