Reply to post: Re: "Encryption is hard; don't roll-your-own;"

Swiss spies knew about Crypto AG compromise – and kept it from govt overseers for nearly 30 years

T. F. M. Reader

Re: "Encryption is hard; don't roll-your-own;"

@Schultz - "A decent amount of randomness" is surprisingly difficult. A "cryptographically decent" amount of randomness needed for one-time pads doubly so.

Do not roll your own random number generator for one-time pads, etc., etc.

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