new idea for random number generation

Jan Dušátko jan at dusatko.org
Fri Aug 4 23:01:44 PDT 2017


Dne 4. 8. 2017 v 18:24 Izaac napsal(a):
> On Thu, Aug 03, 2017 at 01:54:06PM -0500, \0xDynamite wrote:
>> that such generators are "psuedo-random", but I don't think is true.
> "Anyone who attempts to generate random numbers by deterministic means is,
> of course, living in a state of sin." - John von Neumann
>
To better understanding. The description of the random number should be
as long as the random number. The algorithm can be considered as one of
random number descriptions. Therefore, any number generated by RNG
algorithm and longer than the algorithm description can not be
considered as random. This number can only be considered as pseudo-random.

John von Neumann has right. Questions are almost simple.
Do we use random number? Probably no.  We using CSPRNG, which is, based
on our knowledge, closest to the random as much as possible.
Can we test randomness? We can say almost yes. But better maybe.
Can this affect cryptography? Maybe. Better - weak RNG will affect it.
But we not sure how much difference make the good and perfect RNG.
Can we generate random number? Maybe, using TRNG.
And, the hardest one. What is exactly mean random number? Can choosing
of numbers without any relations between them provide for us enought
randomnes? How much of perfect random signal can be? This can lead to
one crazy question - if the perfect random will be a small subset, can
we be in risk use one of them?
Lot of people do hard work understanding, what is it random. How we test
random. How we detect random. And, how we can use random. We all enjoy
their hard work.

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