Paper 2015/849

Regulating the Pace of von Neumann Correctors

Houda Ferradi, Rémi Géraud, Diana Maimuţ, David Naccache, and Amaury de Wargny

Abstract

In a celebrated paper published in 1951, von Neumann presented a simple procedure allowing to correct the bias of random sources. This device outputs bits at irregular intervals. However, cryptographic hardware is usually synchronous. This paper proposes a new building block called Pace Regulator, inserted between the randomness consumer and the von Neumann regulator to streamline the pace of random bits.

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Publication info
Preprint. MINOR revision.
Keywords
random number generators
Contact author(s)
david naccache @ ens fr
History
2015-09-02: received
Short URL
https://ia.cr/2015/849
License
Creative Commons Attribution
CC BY

BibTeX

@misc{cryptoeprint:2015/849,
      author = {Houda Ferradi and Rémi Géraud and Diana Maimuţ and David Naccache and Amaury de Wargny},
      title = {Regulating the Pace of von Neumann Correctors},
      howpublished = {Cryptology ePrint Archive, Paper 2015/849},
      year = {2015},
      note = {\url{https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/849}},
      url = {https://eprint.iacr.org/2015/849}
}
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