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Status:

PROPOSED STANDARD

Authors:

M. Saito
M. Matsumoto
V. Roca, Ed.
E. Baccelli

Stream:

IETF

Source:

tsvwg (wit)

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DOI:  https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC8682

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Abstract

This document describes the TinyMT32 Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG), which produces 32-bit pseudorandom unsigned integers and aims at having a simple-to-use and deterministic solution. This PRNG is a small-sized variant of the Mersenne Twister (MT) PRNG. The main advantage of TinyMT32 over MT is the use of a small internal state, compatible with most target platforms that include embedded devices, while keeping reasonably good randomness that represents a significant improvement compared to the Park-Miller Linear Congruential PRNG. However, neither the TinyMT nor MT PRNG is meant to be used for cryptographic applications.

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.