Download or read book A Statistical Test Suite for Random and Pseudorandom Number Generators for Cryptographic Applications written by nist and published by . This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper discusses some aspects of selecting and testingrandom and pseudorandom number generators. The outputs of such generators may be used in many cryptographic applications, such as the generation of key material. Generators suitable for use in cryptographicapplications may need to meet stronger requirements than for other applications. In particular, their outputs must be unpredictable in the absence of knowledge of the inputs. Some criteria for characterizing and selecting appropriate generators are discussed in this document. The subject ofstatistical testing and its relation to cryptanalysis is also discussed, and some recommended statistical tests are provided. These tests may be useful as a first step in determining whether or not a generator is suitable for a particular cryptographic application. However, no set of statistical tests can absolutely certify a generator as appropriate for usage in a particular application, i.e.,statistical testing cannot serve as a substitute for cryptanalysis. The design and cryptanalysis of generators is outside the scope of this paper.