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The cosmic microwave background radiation power spectrum as a random bit generator for symmetric- and asymmetric-key cryptography

In this note, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation is shown to be capable of functioning as a Random Bit Generator, and constitutes an effectively infinite supply of truly random one-time pad values of arbitrary length. It is further argued that the CMB power spectrum potentially conforms...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Lee, Jeffrey S., Cleaver, Gerald B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5639047/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29057337
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00422
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Sumario:In this note, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation is shown to be capable of functioning as a Random Bit Generator, and constitutes an effectively infinite supply of truly random one-time pad values of arbitrary length. It is further argued that the CMB power spectrum potentially conforms to the FIPS 140-2 standard. Additionally, its applicability to the generation of a (n × n) random key matrix for a Vernam cipher is established.