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Recommendation for the entropy sources used for random bit generation:

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Author(s)

Meltem Sönmez Turan, Elaine Barker, John Kelsey, Kerry A McKay, Mary L Baish, Mike Boyle
Citation
- NIST SP 800-90b
Report Number
NIST SP 800-90b
Pub Type
NIST Pubs

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Citation

Turan, M. , Barker, E. , Kelsey, J. , McKay, K. , Baish, M. and Boyle, M. (2018), Recommendation for the entropy sources used for random bit generation:, , National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD, [online], https://doi.org/10.6028/NIST.SP.800-90B (Accessed October 24, 2025)

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Created January 1, 2018, Updated May 20, 2023
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