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John von Neumann's quote is widely known:

Anyone who considers arithmetical methods of producing random digits is, of course, in a state of sin.

Pseudorandom number generators (PRNGs) use deterministic mathematical algorithms to produce a sequence of numbers with good statistical properties, but the sequences of numbers produced fail to achieve true randomness. PRNGs usually start with an arithmetic seed value. The algorithm uses this seed to generate an output value and a new seed, which is used to generate the next value, and so on.

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[[API 2006

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[Class Random

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/util/Random.html]

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https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/java/AA.+Java+References#AA.JavaReferences-API06]]

[Class SecureRandom

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/java/security/SecureRandom.html]

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[[Find Bugs 2008

https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/java/AA.+Java+References#AA.JavaReferences-FindBugs08]]

BC: Random objects created and used only once

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[[Monsch 2006

AA. Bibliography#Monsch 06]]

 

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