[openssl-dev] Work on a new RNG for OpenSSL

Salz, Rich rsalz at akamai.com
Mon Jun 26 17:10:46 UTC 2017


> Pseudorandomness of the output has been a design goal/requirement only
> in SHA-3 family. Any prior hash function’s exhibition of this property is
> coincidental.
> 
> Therefore I suggest using SHA3 instead.

Is pseudorandomness a requirement?  Or is it the "50% chance of a bitflip"?


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