Cryptographically secure random number generators

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seekM

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Mar 20, 2017, 9:38:46 AM3/20/17

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Hi,

this page says that "some of the generators are cryptographically secure, while others are not". Is there an overview which states for each generator if it is cryptographically secure or not? For example, the initial examples I found to start experimenting with Crypto++ use AutoSeededRandomPool, but the wiki page does not provide a lot of information about it and I could not find much using google regarding its security.

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Jeffrey Walton

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Mar 20, 2017, 4:01:27 PM3/20/17

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On Monday, March 20, 2017 at 9:38:46 AM UTC-4, seekM wrote:

Hi,

this page says that "some of the generators are cryptographically secure, while others are not". Is there an overview which states for each generator if it is cryptographically secure or not? For example, the initial examples I found to start experimenting with Crypto++ use AutoSeededRandomPool, but the wiki page does not provide a lot of information about it and I could not find much using google regarding its security.