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How relevant is the use of truly random numbers in modern cryptography?
How relevant and relevant is the use of "true" random numbers, and not generated pseudo-random numbers in modern cryptography?
By truly random I mean generation based on probabilistic processes - whether it be the fall of balls in a lattice, or electron emission in a semiconductor, or a quantum transition ..
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Actual. Otherwise, they would not build random number generators into processors. For example, Intel uses thermal noise in its RNG.
Not how much. In scientific research, perhaps, but not in cryptography. Who needs a random sequence of numbers that cannot be repeated?
upd: https://www.random.org/ already uses atmospheric noise to generate random numbers, so if your question is probing a niche for a startup, then it is already taken. :)
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