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NIST IR 8427

Discussion on the Full Entropy Assumption of the SP 800-90 Series

Date Published: April 2023

Author(s)

Darryl Buller (NSA), Aaron Kaufer (NSA), Allen Roginsky (NIST), Meltem Sönmez Turan (NIST)

Abstract

Keywords

entropy; min-entropy; random number generation
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Documentation

Publication:
https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.IR.8427
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Document History:
09/07/22: IR 8427 (Draft)
04/14/23: IR 8427 (Final)

Topics

Security and Privacy

random number generation

Applications

mathematics