On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 02:47:19AM +0200, Bob Bib wrote: > Hello, > > just curious, > what's the official meaning of the "CRNG" acronym (e. g., in [1])? > > Some searching suggests that "C[S]RNG" > means "cryptographic[-strength] random number generator". > [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable.git/tree/drivers/char/random.c > [2] https://lwn.net/Articles/691071/ > [3] https://lwn.net/Articles/660452/ > [4] https://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=110247024805208&w=2 CRNG is an acronym for Cryptoraphic Random Number Generator.. Some people will use CSRNG, where the "S" can be "strong" or "strength". I prefer CRNG. - Ted -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-doc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
