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Projects Interoperable Randomness Beacons

Interoperable Randomness Beacons

NIST Randomness Beacon Demo Applications

WARNING: DO NOT USE BEACON GENERATED VALUES AS SECRET CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS.

A demonstration of what a pulse looks like is available at NIST Randomness Beacon (Version 2.0 Beta).

Randomly order n

The following application demonstrates how to allocate a random order for n resources. Examples of possible resources are a place in a queue, selection of a location, or assignment to some task.

One possible application would be to assign numbers to the pool of resource users, then choose a pulse, enter the actual number for n, and then order resource selection according to the random order generated.

Contacts

Reach us at:
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René Peralta
[email protected]

Harold Booth

Luís T. A. N. Brandão

John Kelsey

Carl Miller

Topics

Security and Privacy: cryptography

Created June 03, 2019, Updated February 05, 2025