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The Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation Power Spectrum as a Random Bit Generator for Symmetric and Asymmetric-Key Cryptography

Jeffrey S. Lee, Gerald B. Cleaver

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Abstract

In this note, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation is shown to be capable of functioning as a Random Bit Generator, and constitutes an effectively infinite supply of truly random one-time pad values of arbitrary length. It is further argued that the CMB power spectrum potentially conforms to the FIPS 140-2 standard. Additionally, its applicability to the generation of a (n x n) random key matrix for a Vernam cipher is established.

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9 pages, 1 figure
Journal reference
Heliyon Volume 3, Issue 10, October 2017, Article e00422
DOI
doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00422
Subjects
cs.CRCryptography and Security hep-thHigh Energy Physics, Theory

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