In a message dated 07-04-98, Kurt Kuzba said to Tom Torfs about Random
number generation

Hi Kurt,

KK>   The RNG in most C RTLs will be sufficiently subtle and have
KK>   a complex enough pattern to be indistinguishable from random
KK>   to the casual observer, limited as we frail humans are.

Do you work for the NSA, FBI or CIA?

What you are saying there, albeit obliquely, is that 15-bit encryption is
adequate. After all, encryption and PRN's are intimately linked in their
number theoretical underpinnings.

So, send me a message with your VISA card number and expiry date encrypted
using a 15-bit encryptor. The entire echo can then have a party at my house,
after I've renovated the place -- all at your expense! ... :-)

IMO, the PRNG in some/most C RTL's is poor, to say the least.

Regards

Dave

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