Re: Random numbers

And/or cryptographically secure random primes of a given bit length.

- Chris

On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 8:01 AM, Nadim <nadim@nadim.cc> wrote:

>  Also, very relevant is window.crypto.getRandomValues:
> http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Crypto
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> NK
>
> On Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 at 10:59 AM, Nadim wrote:
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>  If we implement AES and SHA-2, we can use these as building blocks for a
> Fortuna RNG (spec. Bruce Schneier, Niels Ferguson.) I've already
> implemented Fortuna in JS and it's definitely feasible.
>
> NK
>
> On Tuesday, 15 May, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Philip Gladstone wrote:
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>  I believe that the crypto API should have a method for generating
> cryptographically secure random numbers. This is non-trivial to get right,
> but there is hardware support in some new chips for generating high quality
> random numbers. A uniform random number interface can abstract the platform
> differences and provide a uniform interface..
>
> Philip
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