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Diffstat (limited to 'random/random-csprng.c')
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1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/random/random-csprng.c b/random/random-csprng.c index 39c49a70..aca977e8 100644 --- a/random/random-csprng.c +++ b/random/random-csprng.c @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -/* random-csprng.c - CSPRNG style random number generator (libgcrypt clssic) +/* random-csprng.c - CSPRNG style random number generator (libgcrypt classic) * Copyright (C) 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, * 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc. * @@ -20,9 +20,15 @@ /* This random number generator is modelled after the one described in - Peter Gutmann's paper: "Software Generation of Practically Strong - Random Numbers". See also chapter 6 in his book "Cryptographic - Security Architecture", New York, 2004, ISBN 0-387-95387-6. + Peter Gutmann's 1998 Usenix Security Symposium paper: "Software + Generation of Practically Strong Random Numbers". See also chapter + 6 in his book "Cryptographic Security Architecture", New York, + 2004, ISBN 0-387-95387-6. + + Note that the acronym CSPRNG stands for "Continuously Seeded + PseudoRandom Number Generator" as used in Peter's implementation of + the paper and not only for "Cryptographically Secure PseudoRandom + Number Generator". */ |