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You don't know what the starting internal state of the RNG is, so no you can't predict it. The starting internal state being secret is what gives PRGs their sec
by infinity0 12y ago
You don't know what the starting internal state of the RNG is, so no you can't predict it. The starting internal state being secret is what gives PRGs their security.
- dragontamer 12y agoCrypto PRNGs are secure as long as their internal state is secret. Normal RNGs are not however. A common RNG under Unix used to cycle between even / odd every other number.
- jacquesm 12y ago> You don't know what the starting internal state of the RNG is, so no you can't predict it. You don't need to know that. All you need to know is that it is identical to the previous run.
- PavlovsCat 12y ago> You don't know what the starting internal state of the RNG is Unless you give it a seed manually, of course. Say, 42?