MRNG: Accessing Cosmic Radiation as an Entropy Source for a Non-Deterministic Random Number Generator.

Stefan Kutschera, Wolfgang Slany, Patrick Ratschiller, Sarina Gursch, Håvard Dagenborg

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Article in Entropy (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

MRNG: Accessing Cosmic Radiation as an Entropy Source for a Non-Deterministic Random Number Generator.Entropy (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Stefan KutscheraInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7547-5137

Wolfgang SlanyInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-4979-6156

Patrick RatschillerInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0009-0005-5065-5149

Sarina GurschInstitute of Software Technology, Graz University of Technology, 8010 Graz, Austria.ORCID 0000-0002-7675-2079

Håvard DagenborgDepartment of Computer Science, UiT the Arctic University of Norway, 9037 Tromsø, Norway.ORCID 0000-0002-1637-7262

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Privacy and security require not only strong algorithms but also reliable and readily available sources of randomness. To tackle this problem, one of the causes of single-event upsets is the utilization of a non-deterministic entropy source, specifically ultra-high energy cosmic rays. An adapted prototype based on existing muon detection technology was used as the methodology during the experiment and tested for its statistical strength. Our results show that the random bit sequence extracted from the detections successfully passed established randomness tests. The detections correspond to cosmic rays recorded using a common smartphone during our experiment. Despite the limited sample, our work provides valuable insights into the use of ultra-high energy cosmic rays as an entropy source.

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computer engineeringcryptographycyber securityentropy sourceinformation securityprivacyprivacy-enhancing technologiessecuritysoftware engineeringwireless and mobile security and privacy

Identifiers

PMID37372198

DOI10.3390/e25060854

PMCPMC10297075

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