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- From: palmer@icat.larc.nasa.gov (Michael T. Palmer)
- Newsgroups: sci.crypt
- Subject: Re: Wanted: very fast random number generator
- Date: 26 Jan 93 20:53:46 GMT
- Organization: NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA USA
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- tgl+@cs.cmu.edu (Tom Lane) writes:
-
- >What I need is a very very fast random number generator; it does NOT need to
- >be cryptographically strong.
-
- Check out "Random Number Generators: Good Ones are Hard to Find" by Steven
- K. Park and Keith W. Miller, _Communications_of_the_ACM_ Volume 31 Number 10,
- October 1988.
-
- Here they define a "minimal standard" RNG that is implemented several
- different ways (in Pascal, but it ports to C in about 1.75 minutes). Even
- if you choose to use a different RNG, it may be good for you to read this
- article anyway. It's very informative.
-
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- Michael T. Palmer | "A man is crazy who writes a secret in any
- m.t.palmer@larc.nasa.gov | other way than one which will conceal it
- RIPEM key on server | from the vulgar." - Roger Bacon
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