Statistical Evaluation of a Superconductive Physical Random Number Generator

High performance physical random number generator

A field programmable gate array (FPGA) -based implementation of a physical random number generator (PRNG) is presented. The PRNG uses an alternating step generator construction to decorrelate an oscillator-phase-noise-based physical random source. The resulting design can be implemented completely in digital technology, requires no external components, is very small in area, achieves very high ...

Quantum Statistical Testing of a Quantum Random Number Generator

The unobservable elements in a quantum technology, e.g., the quantum state, complicate system verification against promised behavior. Using model-based system engineering, we present methods for verifying the operation of a prototypical quantum random number generator. We begin with the algorithmic design of the QRNG followed by the synthesis of its physical design requirements. We next discuss...

Post-Processing Functions for a Biased Physical Random Number Generator

A corrector is used to reduce or eliminate statistical weakness of a physical random number generator. A description of linear corrector generalizing post-processing described by M. Dichtl at FSE’07 [4] is introduced. A general formula for non linear corrector, determining the bias and the minimal entropy of the output of a function is given. Finally, a concrete and efficient construction of po...

A Perfect Random Number Generator

"Cracking" a Random Number Generator

[Editor’s Note: This paper was original printed in the January 1977, Volume I, Number 1, issue of Cryptologia (pp. 20-26) the premier issue. Over the years this one article has drawn more interest than any other article and requests for reprints of the paper come in year after year. The editors thought it appropriate to offer this paper to our readers. The original paper was set using WordStar ...