Also, in addition to the “unpredictability” property of a random number generator in a crypto device or algorithm, the RNG itself should be immune to an adversary controlling or “influencing” it’s output — to make it more “predictable”, or more “weakened”.Figureitout • June 2,...
Example: a widely used random number generator is compromised at the manufacturing level, enabling the NSA to decrypt, feasibly, encrypted messages sent using that generator. So long as a target is using that generator, and one wants to read encrypted messages sent by that target, no additional...