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Deterministic Random Bit Generator Mechanism

nouncandidate·updated May 12, 2026

The portion of an RBG that includes the functions necessary to instantiate and uninstantiate the RBG, generate pseudorandom bits, (optionally) reseed the RBG and test the health of the DRBG mechanism.

MWE

Classifications

Entity Type

Capability0%rule-basedmulti_axis_classifier_low_confidence.v1
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Sensitivity

Regulated90%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Information Class

70%llm-generatedllm:claude-haiku-4-5
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Variants

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