Continuously Seeded ChaCha20 DRNG

Stephan Mueller


      
     

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Table of Contents

1. ChaCha20 DRNG
Version Number Schema
Properties of the ChaCha20 DRNG
Seed Sources
2. Programming Guidelines
3. Programming Interface
ChaCha20 DRNG API