Paper 2012/487

Short communication: An interpretation of the Linux entropy estimator

Benjamin Pousse

Abstract

The Linux random number generator (LRNG) aims to produce random numbers with all the limitations due to a deterministic machine. Two recent analysis exist for this generator. These analysis provide strong cryptographic details about LRNG. However both fail to give a mathematical explanation of the entropy estimator embedded. In this paper we propose an interpretation using Newton polynomial interpolation.

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Published elsewhere. Unknown where it was published
Keywords
PRNGentropy estimator
Contact author(s)
benjamin pousse @ gmail com
History
2012-08-22: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2012/487
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2012/487,
      author = {Benjamin Pousse},
      title = {Short communication: An interpretation of the Linux entropy estimator},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2012/487},
      year = {2012},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/487}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2012/487}
}
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