1994 lesson: randomness fails reviews
christophera-rng-review-history
- Author
- @christophera
- Organisation
- Blockchain Commons
- Evidence role
- historical-precedent
- Posted
- 3 Aug 2026, 15:25 UTC
- Capture status
- capture held
First-hand historical note: in 1994, when Verisign would not issue a certificate without a basic security review, over half of the secure servers his company reviewed failed on randomness problems. His standing lesson: randomness is easy to get wrong and always needs multiple reviewers.
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