TinyMT32 Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG) (RFC 8682)

Masahiko Saito (1) , Makoto Matsumoto (1) , Vincent Roca (2) , Emmanuel Baccelli (3)

1 Hiroshima University
2 PRIVATICS - Privacy Models, Architectures and Tools for the Information Society
3 TRiBE - inTeRnet BEyond the usual

This document describes the TinyMT32 Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG), which produces 32-bit pseudorandom unsigned integers and aims at having a simple-to-use and deterministic solution. This PRNG is a small-sized variant of the Mersenne Twister (MT) PRNG. The main advantage of TinyMT32 over MT is the use of a small internal state, compatible with most target platforms that include embedded devices, while keeping reasonably good randomness that represents a significant improvement compared to the Park-Miller Linear Congruential PRNG. However, neither the TinyMT nor MT PRNG is meant to be used for cryptographic applications.

Domains: Networking and Internet Architecture [cs.NI]

Masahiko Saito, Makoto Matsumoto, Vincent Roca, Emmanuel Baccelli. TinyMT32 Pseudorandom Number Generator (PRNG) (RFC 8682). 2020. ⟨hal-02449210⟩