Re: [tlug] /dev/random is truly random?

["Stephen J. Turnbull" <turnbull@??>]

 > Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

 > > "twisted GFSR generator" (no, I don't know what that is

emiddleton@?? writes:

 > http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/ARTICLES/ttgfsr7.pdf
 > http://www.math.sci.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/~m-mat/MT/ARTICLES/tgfsr3.pdf

Hey, I can google.  I even know what a feedback shift register is.
What I can't do is explain why a "twisted generalization" is useful in
crypto applications in terms that are intelligible, let alone
convincing, to TLUG (or even to myself[1]).  If you can, please do.




Footnotes: 
[1]  To me, "Twisted" is a Python net framework:
http://twistedmatrix.com/