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Random Number Generator Analysis

This is a project to make statistics about all random number generators on the market.

We want to collect information on all kinds of random number generators out there, eg. Hardware RNGs, Crypto PRNGs, encoding software, compression software, ... We are the analysing all of them, and will provide a report about the results here.


FAQ: Why do you need this?
  • We want to get a market overview of the whole random number generator market
  • If I need X Random numbers per second from a good Hardware Random number generator, how much do I have to to pay, and where do I get it?
  • We want to compare hardware random number generators against crypto pseudo random generators
  • We want to have a randomness classification system, where we can analyse unknown random numbers, and be able to compare the quality with known hardware and crypto generators
  • We want to run this as a service, so that everyone can easily have their own random data tested and compared against the best, in an easy and objective test

FAQ: How can I help?
  • If you have a random generator yourself, please extract minimum 12 MB of randomness (or much more, if possible, maximum 1GB), and submit it here.
  • If you know someone else, who has a random number generator, please tell him/her about the project.

TODO
  • Getting a samples from RC4,ISAAC,RC5 and other crypto algorithms, that were often used
  • XOR all samples together into one ultra secure randomness

If you want to contact me: pg @ futureware . at

Show the current results

Submit them here:

Your random numbers (min. 12 MB!) (don't submit your production secrets!)
Your name (will be kept secret)
Your email (will be kept secret)
Your country (will be kept secret)
Name of the Generator
Vendor of the Generator
Website
SpeedBytes/second
Price of the Generator USD
Expected Security Level
Comments
Submit it!