ZRNG

Jim Cheetham jim at gonzul.net
Tue Jun 9 04:05:38 BST 2015


I'm used to explaining some acronyms, PRNG, HWRNG, TRNG ... but I
hadn't encountered ZRNG, the "Zero Entropy RNG" until I read this
article ...

http://arstechnica.com/security/2015/05/crypto-flaws-in-blockchain-android-app-sent-bitcoins-to-the-wrong-address/

I would have said that there wasn't any money in this sort of thing,
but it looks like there's at least US$8k ...

-jim


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