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Key generator

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A key generator is used in many cryptographic protocols to generate a sequence with many pseudo-random characteristics. This sequence is used as an encryption key at one end of communication, and as a decryption key at the other.

Examples: linear feedback shift registers (LFSR), Solitaire (Pontifex).

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