2010/12/21 Ted Unangst <ted.unan...@gmail.com>:
> On Tue, Dec 21, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Kurt Knochner <cdowl...@googlemail.com> 
> wrote:
>> 2.) Repeat that procedure a few times, i.e. reboot, ipsec, store,
>> reboot, ipsec, store, etc.
>>
>> 3.) Take all those pseudo random value sequences and feed them into
>> the NIST test suite for random values (chi-square, diehard, etc.)
>
> You are going to need a buttload of samples for your tests to have any
> significance, and even then, all you've proven is that the numbers
> have a good distribution, not that they are unpredictable.

yes, that's true. However, it's just a starting point. Do we currently
know that they have a good distribution? Is there any documented test
for the quality of the PRNG?

Regards
Kurt Knochner

http://knochner.com

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