The cosmic microwave background radiation power spectrum as a random bit generator for symmetric- and asymmetric-key cryptography

2015/11/08 by Jeffrey S. Lee, Gerald B. Cleaver, Gerald Cleaver · 1 voice · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · Computer Science · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications #Advanced Mathematical Theories and Applications #Chaos-based Image/Signal Encryption

paper · pdf · doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00422

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 × n) random key matrix for a Vernam cipher is established.

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