Explore
How the main NIST and ETSI randomness publications relate to each other — what each covers, what it does not establish, and where to read the primary source.
Design and testing of entropy sources: noise-source modelling, health testing, conditioning, and min-entropy estimation for IID and non-IID sources.
Approve, certify or endorse any product; guarantee security of a full RBG on its own; define the deterministic generator itself.
Deterministic random bit generators (DRBGs): Hash_DRBG, HMAC_DRBG and CTR_DRBG — instantiation, reseeding and generation once entropy has entered the construction.
Characterise or validate the entropy source feeding the DRBG; address physical noise sources or quantum processes.
Construction of full random bit generators from entropy sources and DRBG mechanisms, including combinations of approved components.
Replace SP 800-90B entropy-source testing or SP 800-90A DRBG mechanisms; it sits on top of both. Status remains draft — check the current publication before relying on it.
Quantum random number generators — concepts, challenges and perspectives for quantum-based entropy sources.
Establish validation requirements, endorse specific QRNG products, or define conformance criteria.
Implementation guidance for quantum entropy sources used as components of random number generators.
Certify products or replace the applicable evaluation and validation processes; it is guidance, not a conformance scheme.
QRNG.io and iQrypto are not affiliated with NIST, BSI or ETSI, and nothing on this page implies endorsement by any standards body. Publication statuses reflect the sources reviewed on this page's last review — always confirm the current version at the primary source.
