[Cryptech Tech] DRBG for the RNG?

Joachim Strömbergson joachim at secworks.se
Tue Feb 25 09:43:26 UTC 2014


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Aloha!

Basil Dolmatov wrote:
>> Dol@, what is your view on suitable DRBG for the RNG. AES-256 in
>> CTR mode only or something else? What would you use.
> I would use true random source (noise) and feed the recurrent
> polynomial with it, ;) Technology which takes not truly random source
> and uses block ciphers for "equalizing" the entropy opens a great
> field for investigation of its (block cipher) properties and possible
> usage of possible linearities,

Yes, we will be using true random entropy source(s). What I asked was
what you would use as the DRBG part of the design. Or are you advocating
the use of the collected entropy as the final output from the TRNG?

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Med vänlig hälsning, Yours

Joachim Strömbergson - Alltid i harmonisk svängning.
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