Q: When is the RNG needed?

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"MFvM" == Michael Fischer von Mollard <fischer at math.uni-goettingen.de> writes:

MFvM> Just a short question: When is the RNG actually needed? Only for key
MFvM> generation?

No, the PRNG is required every time a session key is generated, as the PRNG 
is the source of the session key.
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