From: Robert Feldt <feldt@...>
Date: 2003-02-25T15:24:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Objectify the mersenne twister in 1.8?

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:

Hi,

> |It would even be cool to have a choice, cause (I seem to remeber)
> |that MT is not a *secure* algorithm.
>
> I didn't know MT is insecure.  Do you have any reference?
>
Most PRNG's are insecure, only a few are considered secure. Its not so
much about the algorithm itself as about how you create seeds and maintain
the state.

I haven't seen any papers talking about the security of MT but see

http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/random-numbers.html

for an intro.

Regards,

Robert