CryptoSys PKI Toolkit Manual

Continuous random number generator test:

When the module is first loaded or instantiated in a new thread, the RNG generates a 64-bit block which not used but is saved in thread-safe memory for comparison with the next 64-bit block to be generated. Each subsequent generation of a 64-bit block is compared with the previously generated block. The test fails if any two compared 64-bit blocks are equal. No blocks are saved that have actually been previously output by the generator.

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