Playing with Turmites: better than crypto/rand? (opens in new tab)

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3 pointsvrypan2mo ago2 comments

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vrypanOP2mo ago

A totally predictable pattern shows more entropy than a randomly generated one. I would love to hear from people who have better and deeper understanding of the topic.

klooney2mo ago

For cryptography, it's probably more important to be unpredictable than to have a perfect entropy score.

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Playing with Turmites: better than crypto/rand? (opens in new tab)

(blog.vrypan.net)

3 pointsvrypan2mo ago2 comments

2 comments

vrypanOP2mo ago

A totally predictable pattern shows more entropy than a randomly generated one. I would love to hear from people who have better and deeper understanding of the topic.

klooney2mo ago

For cryptography, it's probably more important to be unpredictable than to have a perfect entropy score.

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