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cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day ago

Researchers claim spoof-proof random number generator breakthrough

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cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.zipEnglish · 1 day ago
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: Combining quantum entanglement with hash chains promises randomness which can be relied on
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  • monogram@feddit.nl
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    Waiting for /dev/urandom to update…

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      urandom*

      • monogram@feddit.nl
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        Fixed

        • neidu3@sh.itjust.works
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          Not that much of a fix. It’s mostly down to pedantry on my behalf.

          My understanding is that:
          /dev/random is blocking unless sufficient entropy is available.
          /dev/urandom is non-blocking and will supply output anyway.

          So for security-critical stuff that might run in a low entropy state (such as during boot), you probably want to use /dev/random. But in 99% of the cases /dev/urandom is fine, and it won’t halt your program.

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    How can they mention that there were 0.3% not treu random numbers generated and not explain how?!

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    And ofc the original paper is paywalled.

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      arXiv

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    Huh, neat.

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