The cosmic microwave background radiation power spectrum as a random bit generator for symmetric- and asymmetric-key cryptography

Abstract

In this note, the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Radiation is shown to be capable of functioning as a Random Bit Generator, and constitutes an effectively infinite supply of truly random one-time pad values of arbitrary length. It is further argued that the CMB power spectrum potentially conforms to the FIPS 140-2 standard. Additionally, its applicability to the generation of a (n × n) random key matrix for a Vernam cipher is established.

Keywords

• Particle physics
• Computer science
• Mathematics
• Astrophysics