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 <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Pseudo Random Number Generators</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Pseudo Random Number Generators</strong></font></h3>
 A Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) provides applications with a stream of  A Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG) provides applications with a stream of
 numbers which have certain important properties for system security:<p>  numbers which have certain important properties for system security:<p>
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 <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Cryptographic Hash Functions</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Cryptographic Hash Functions</strong></font></h3>
 A Hash Function compresses its input data to a string of  A Hash Function compresses its input data to a string of
 constant size. For a Cryptographic Hash Function it is infeasible to find  constant size. For a Cryptographic Hash Function it is infeasible to find
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 <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Cryptographic Transforms</strong></font></h3>  <h3><font color=#e00000><strong>Cryptographic Transforms</strong></font></h3>
 Cryptographic Transforms are used to encrypt and decrypt data. These  Cryptographic Transforms are used to encrypt and decrypt data. These
 are normally used with an encryption key for data encryption and with  are normally used with an encryption key for data encryption and with
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