entropy
2 posts tagged entropy.
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Predictable or Repeated: The Only Two Ways Cryptographic Randomness Betrays You
Every key, nonce, IV, and salt fails in one of two ways: predictable when it must be unpredictable, or repeated when it must be unique. A field guide.
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A Key Is Only as Unguessable as the Dice That Made It: Inside the Windows CSPRNG
Every software secret Windows makes is drawn from one CSPRNG. Trace the entropy, the SP 800-90A CTR_DRBG, ProcessPrng, and where the OS stops rolling the dice.