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ZiiSyesterday at 11:31 AM2 repliesview on HN

In lots of scenarios I know the software used to generate the key; the only unknown is the random numbers used. If I am searching for weaknesses it is highly likely I would try keys with different seeds; zero, one, are going to me much more likely choices here then hoping I can guess the right values.


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necovekyesterday at 2:28 PM

If someone was using RDRAND16 to seed a PRNG, choosing to omit one single value (a zero) from the return value would not significantly improve the generated values, if at all.

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jstanleyyesterday at 1:18 PM

If the keys are selected uniformly at random why are 0 and 1 more likely than other values?

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