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Class of attack on cryptographic systems
The security of cryptographic systems depends on some secret data that is known to authorized persons but unknown and unpredictable to others. To achieve this unpredictability, some randomization is typically employed. Modern cryptographic protocols often require frequent generation of random quantities. Cryptographic attacks that subvert or exploit weaknesses in this process are known as random number generator attacks. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Random number generator attackA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Statistical Random Number Generator Attack Against the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noise (KLJN) Secure Key Exchange ProtocolInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Intelligence BulletinThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Out-of-Band Electromagnetic Injection Attack on a Quantum Random Number GeneratorCited 25 times
- Go sideways: Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generatorA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Random number generationA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Out-of-Band Electromagnetic Injection Attack on a Quantum Random Number Generator
Eavesdropping attack on a trusted continuous-variable quantum random-number generator
Deterministic Random Number Generator Attack Against the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noise Secure Key Exchange Protocol
Practical attack on a quantum random-number generator via injection of source-signal fluctuations
Attack on a Chaos-Based Random Number Generator Using Anticipating Synchronization
🆕 Influential since 2022
Statistical Random Number Generator Attack Against the Kirchhoff-Law-Johnson-Noise (KLJN) Secure Key Exchange Protocol
Eavesdropping attack on a continuous-variable source-independent quantum random number generator with fluctuating local oscillator
Security analysis of continuous-variable source-independent quantum random number generator under light-induced photorefraction attack
📚 Books worth reading
Intelligence BulletinUnited States. War Department. Military Intelligence Service · 1942
The web application hacker's handbookDafydd Stuttard, Marcus Pinto · 2007
HackingJon Erickson, Jon Erickson · 2003
The Conspirators HierarchyJohn Coleman · 1992
An introduction to mathematical cryptographyJeffrey Hoffstein · 2008
Cryptography and network securityWilliam Stallings · 2006
Theory of Quantum Computation, Communication, and CryptographyKazuo Iwama · 2013
Information and Communications SecurityTat Wing Chim · 2012
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