Deciphering a linear congruential encryption

  • Authors:
  • D. Knuth

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Information Theory
  • Year:
  • 2006

Quantified Score

Hi-index 754.84

Visualization

Abstract

It is shown that the multiplier, the increment, and the seed value of a linear congruential random number generator on a binary computer can be deduced from the leading bits of the "random" numbers that are generated.