Wolfram cellular auto mata and their cryptographic use as pseudorandom bit generators

The cryptographic use of Wolfram cellular automata as pseudorandom bit generators and their properties, are presented. After to apply several statistical tests with cryptographic significance and the linear complexity test to these cellular automata, a classification of them is given. Moreover, a cryptanalytic attack to the sequences generated by the cellular automata with good pseudorandom properties is analyzed. AMS Subj. Classification 2000: 94A60, 68W20, 68Q80, 11K45.

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