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sdevlin
on Aug 22, 2017
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Cracking random number generators (xoroshiro128+)
I guess it depends what you mean by “crack”. Given f(1), which I assume is public, you can predict all future outputs.
imaginenore
on Aug 22, 2017
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I said without knowing the seed, so f(1) is not public, only f(n) formula is.
benchaney
on Aug 22, 2017
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f(1) is the first batch of output.
IshKebab
on Aug 22, 2017
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That is not what we mean by "crack". Read the article.
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