Security Dynamics

Re: checking distribution in 10^4 samples

their simulations were based on five to ten runs, with 10^7 updates per run. they aren't precise about the exact number of random numbers needed, at least not in this paper, but i assume it's in the order of one per update, in which case 10,000 would not be enough.

The method of randomness-checking done here is to run a physical simulation with the random numbers. Direct statistical methods are much more efficient. Eric