The Importance of Entropy to Information Security

被引：24

作者：

Vassilev, Apostol ^{[1
]}

Hall, Timothy A. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] NIST, Gaithersburg, MD 20899 USA

来源：

COMPUTER | 2014年 / 47卷 / 02期

关键词：

cryptography; deterministic random bit generators; entropy; information security; pseudorandom number generators; security;

D O I：

10.1109/MC.2014.47

中图分类号：

TP3 [计算技术、计算机技术];

学科分类号：

0812 ;

摘要：

True randomness can't be left to chance. Adopting improved entropy sources that feed into good deterministic random bit generators, together with rigorous estimation of available entropy, will help achieve the guarantees promised by cryptography to protect sensitive information.

引用

页码：78 / 81

页数：4