What is the difference between a non-secure random number generator and a secure random number generator?

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北海茫月
北海茫月 2020-12-29 23:45

As the title says: What is the difference between a non-secure random number generator and a secure random number generator?

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  •  佛祖请我去吃肉
    2020-12-30 00:27

    With just a "random number" one usually means a pseudo random number. Because it's a pseudo random number it can be (easily) predicted by an attacker.

    A secure random number is a random number from a truly random data source, ie. involving an entropy pool of some sorts.

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