SECURITY
Personalizing Your Random Numbers
Random number generators (RNGs) generate "supposedly" random numbers for use in your application or solution. However, most RNGs are algorithmic, "pseudo", that anyone who deeply understands the algorithm may be able to regenerate the "random" numbers. Often this isn't too concerning: go ahead, recreate the shuffled songs played by Sonos.
But when it's important, it's REALLY important: cryptographic keys, digital signatures, authentication challenges, statistical analysis, gaming and gambling. Different algorithms have different entropy: higher entropy leading to better randomness - assuming, of course, no back doors were injected! That said, even strong algorithms displaying high entropy _may_ have faults to exploit. Should you be concerned?
In this session we'll dig into RNGs, pseduo-RNGs and, for the truly concerned or paranoid, learn to create custom true RNGs that are impossible to hack. Hope you can join us!
But when it's important, it's REALLY important: cryptographic keys, digital signatures, authentication challenges, statistical analysis, gaming and gambling. Different algorithms have different entropy: higher entropy leading to better randomness - assuming, of course, no back doors were injected! That said, even strong algorithms displaying high entropy _may_ have faults to exploit. Should you be concerned?
In this session we'll dig into RNGs, pseduo-RNGs and, for the truly concerned or paranoid, learn to create custom true RNGs that are impossible to hack. Hope you can join us!