What do you do, when you need a random number in your programming? The chances are that you reach for your environment’s function to do the job, usually something like rand() or similar. This returns ...
Availability of entropy, especially for embedded devices early in the kernel boot process, is a commonly discussed problem in the kernel random number community. The usual sources of entropy depend on ...
But what if z comes from a malicious source that can snoop on x and y? This is an interesting thing to consider but it is not usually that relevant. If my understanding of the article is correct, the ...