Title :
An enhancement of the spectral statistical test for randomness
Author :
Abu, Nur Azman ; Herman, Nanna Suryana ; Sahib, Shahrin
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Inf. & Commun. Technol., Univ. Teknikal Malaysia Melaka (UTeM), Durian Tunggal, Malaysia
Abstract :
Random numbers play essential roles in cryptography, modeling and simulation applications. NIST statistical test suite for randomness is the most comprehensive set of random tests. It has been popular and used as a benchmark test for randomness. One of the random tests is spectral test. There has been serious problem in spectral test as pointed out by few researchers. In this paper, further theoretical improvement shall be proposed on the spectral test based on computational observation being made on random noise. A recommendation on the spectral test setting for short cryptographic keys shall also be made.
Keywords :
random number generation; statistical testing; NIST statistical test; random noise; random numbers; random tests; randomness testing; spectral statistical test; Benchmark testing; Binary sequences; Communications technology; Cryptography; Hardware; Information technology; NIST; Random number generation; Random variables; Software testing; random ambience; random test; spectral test;
Conference_Titel :
Networking and Information Technology (ICNIT), 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Manila
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7579-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7578-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICNIT.2010.5508457
