Root Causes 25: Entropy and Random Numbers
Jul 2, 2019 ·
19m 15s
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One cornerstone of successful cryptography is entropy, or the ability to create genuinely unpredictable values. But it turns out that generating truly random numbers is harder than you might think....
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One cornerstone of successful cryptography is entropy, or the ability to create genuinely unpredictable values. But it turns out that generating truly random numbers is harder than you might think. Join our hosts as they discuss the need for randomness, the lengths companies go to to generate random numbers, and the bad things that can happen when they fail.
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| Author | Tim Callan |
| Organization | Tim Callan |
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