Forwarded From: "Jay D. Dyson" <jdysonat_private> Originally From: Christof Paar <christofat_private> WPI Cryptography and Information Security Seminar Bob Rance Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies A DETERMINISTIC TOUR THROUGH FOUR RANDOMIZERS: PSEUDORANDOM CLASSIC, CLOCKED OSCILLATOR, AND CHAOTIC Wednesday, November 11 4:00 pm, AK 108 (refreshments at 3:45 pm) In contrast to the axiomatic nature of much of cryptography, many randomizers, also called RNGs (random number generators), can be designed with properties that can be provably related to their underlying physics. One way of defining an RNG is as a producer of a bit stream which ideally is unpredictable. This unpredictability is maintained when the output is examined by either unrealistic, or in most cases, unlimited computing resources. I will describe four types of randomizers in this talk in terms of both their uses, and pitfalls to be avoided. As in many other aspects of engineering, one size does not fit all. However, in two of these cases in particular, quite simple designs can yield excellent results for specific purposes. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DIRECTIONS: The WPI Cryptoseminar is being held in the Atwater Kent building on the WPI campus. The Atwater Kent building is at the intersection of West and Salisbury Street for those coming from outside. Directions to the campus can be found at http://www.wpi.edu/About/Visitors/directions.html TALKS IN THE FALL '98 SEMESTER: 8/12 Kris Gaj, George Mason University Quantum Computers and Classical Supercomputers as a Threat to Existing Ciphers. 10/6 Christof Paar, WPI Report on AES 10/14 David Finkel, CS Dept., WPI Performance and Security in Web-based Electronic Commerce 10/28 Thomas Blum, WPI Efficient FPGA Architectures for Public-Key Algorithms 11/11 Bob Rance, Bell Labs/Lucent Technologies A Deterministic Tour through four Randomizers: Pseudorandom, Classic, Clocked Oscillator, and Chaotic [other talks to be announced] See also http://ece.WPI.EDU/Research/crypt/seminar/index.html for talk abstracts. MAILING LIST: If you want to be added to the mailing list and receive talk announcements together with abstracts, please send me a short mail. Likewise, if you want to be removed from the list, just send me a short mail. Regards, Christof Paar ************************************************************************* Christof Paar http://ee.wpi.edu/People/faculty/cxp.html Assistant Professor email: christofat_private Cryptography Group phone: (508) 831 5061 ECE Department, WPI fax: (508) 831 5491 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609, USA ************************************************************************* For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "dcsb-requestat_private" with one line of text: "help". -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: Repent Security Incorporated [www.repsec.com]
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