On Statistical Testing of Random Numbers Generators
Maurer’s test is nowadays a basic statistical tool for testing physical random number generators in cryptographic applications. Based on a statistical analysis of this test we propose simple and effective methods for its improvement. These methods are related to the m – spacing technique common in g...
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Zusammenfassung: | Maurer’s test is nowadays a basic statistical tool for testing physical random number generators in cryptographic applications. Based on a statistical analysis of this test we propose simple and effective methods for its improvement. These methods are related to the m – spacing technique common in goodness-of-fit problems and the L – leave out method used for a noise reduction in the final Maurer test statistic. We also show that the spacing distribution test represents a serious competitor for Maurer’s test in the case when the random number generator is governed by a Markov chain with a long memory. |
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ISSN: | 0302-9743 1611-3349 |
DOI: | 10.1007/11832072_19 |