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> You correctly observe that the PRNG has finite state, but its state isn't so tiny that it only emits a handful of the 256 possible bytes before getting back t
by wizzwizz4 5y ago
> You correctly observe that the PRNG has finite state, but its state isn't so tiny that it only emits a handful of the 256 possible bytes before getting back to where it started, nobody would use such a busted algorithm.
If the PRNG always loops through all possible states, then sure. But if there's a possibility, however small, of it getting stuck in a small loop, very rarely?
- tialaramex 5y ago> But if there's a possibility, however small, of it getting stuck in a small loop, very rarely? We already went around this particular "small loop" so I'm guessing you aren't learning anything from repeating it. That would be a lousy design for a PRNG, so, nobody does that.