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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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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description 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.
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spelling pubmed-56390472017-10-20 The cosmic microwave background radiation power spectrum as a random bit generator for symmetric- and asymmetric-key cryptography Lee, Jeffrey S. Cleaver, Gerald B. Heliyon Article 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. Elsevier 2017-10-06 /pmc/articles/PMC5639047/ /pubmed/29057337 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00422 Text en © 2017 Published by Elsevier Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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