Quantis Newsletter - December 2011

USER CASE - Loterie Romande
Quantum Draws for Lottery Games in Switzerland

The Loterie Romande, one of Switzerland’s two lottery operators, runs several games with daily draws. In 2010, it decided to replace the pseudo random number generator which was in use by a true random number generator. After careful evaluation, it selected the Quantis random number generator.
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QUANTIS SOFTWARE PACKAGE
New Release

On December 13th, 2011, a new release of the IDQ software package has been put online.

>> Download the change log and see what's new

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NEWS - OPERATING SYSTEMS
Solaris supported by Quantis

ID Quantique is pleased to announce that the Quantis TRNG expansion cards (PCI and PCIexpress) now also support the Solaris operating systems. This new development confirms IDQ’s commitment to make Quantis available on a wide base of operating systems. Solaris and Open Solaris are important for Quantis applications due to their wide use in server environments.
>> More information on supported operating systems
>> Download Quantis software package with Solaris support

You are interested in the Quantis TRNG, but your target software already uses another RNG so that integrating a new one would be complex and costly? ID Quantique has added support for the C++11 standard random device API to Quantis. Although this interface has only recently been standardised, it has already been used for a long time in existing libraries (e.g. boost) and support for it exists in the most important compilers (e.g. gnu, intel). Any software using this API can be made to use Quantis by changing very little in the code, thereby making integration in existing systems very easily.
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IDQ Celebrates its 10th Anniversary

In October IDQ celebrated the 10th anniversary of its foundation in 2001. Over the past decade IDQ has demonstrated its leadership in the world of quantum information technology and quantum cryptography – it is the only company worldwide to commercialise off-the-shelf QKD products for both scientific and commercial applications. “We are proud of our continuing innovation in both conventional and quantum-enabled encryption products, and we plan to maintain our leadership in the market thanks to ongoing research and development efforts with global partners, as well as the Group of Applied Physics at Geneva University”, said CEO and founder Grégoire Ribordy.

>> View the IDQ timeline - 10 Years of Quantum Innovation

NEWS
Where is the Focus on Randomness in Cryptography?

In an interesting blog post on the Infosec Island website, Nate Cote and Emmett Jorgensen discuss the importance of good randomness in cryptography. While key lengths have become common metrics put forward by security vendors to promote their products, the quality and type of the random number generator is usually not mentioned. Users should learn to ask the right questions about randomness in cryptography.
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