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

[Ben Laurie]

On 26 June 2017 at 18:10, Salz, Rich via openssl-dev <
openssl-dev at openssl.org> wrote:

> > 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"?
>

You are asking if a pseudorandom number generator requires pseudorandomness?
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