Online Casino Transfer: News - RNG passes Cigital Scrutiny

04/11/2010		Online Casino Style: News RNG Passes Cigital Scrutiny
Home History Games News Dictionary		Though the organization of eCOGRA has become synonymous with trust and security in the online gambling industry, there are other firms as well that work just as hard to ensure that programs are run securely and with honesty for players’ sakes. One such group is that of Cigital, a major consulting firm becoming more well-known in this day of digital scrutiny and suspicion. Specializing in software quality and security, Cigital has given their approval on the Poker Stars’ random number generators, certifying that the program behind the cards runs truly random, and honest for players’ luck. Like all other online casinos, the games at the Poker Stars site are mainly run by random number generators, ensuring that the cards drawn from each deck are truly arbitrary, with no advantages for anyone incorporated into the draws. Cigital was able to confirm that Poker Stars does indeed meet or exceed the unpredictability in their software, giving players another measure of safety in using the internet gambling site. In order to determine such a thing, Cigital took a close look at the source codes, entropy origins, and the backoffice design for the internet casino’s poker operations. A sample stream of codes, which would normally be translated into poker cards, was analyzed, passing the FIPS 140-2 test. No weaknesses at all, in fact, were noted in the analysis, allowing Cigital to conclude that the online site was true to RNG standards on all fronts. The testing was all completed at the request of Poker Stars’ management team, following a discovery made by Cigital of another group’s weakness in the same testing category. "Their previous discovery of critical RNG implementation weakness at a major online poker site made our decision to work with Cigital an easy one," said Lukas Gant, the director for online marketing at Poker Stars. "Their considerable technical expertise and thorough approach to software reliability and security have established them as a trusted third-party evaluator."

04/11/2010

Online Casino Style: News
RNG Passes Cigital Scrutiny

Though the organization of eCOGRA has become synonymous with trust and security in the online gambling industry, there are other firms as well that work just as hard to ensure that programs are run securely and with honesty for players’ sakes. One such group is that of Cigital, a major consulting firm becoming more well-known in this day of digital scrutiny and suspicion. Specializing in software quality and security, Cigital has given their approval on the Poker Stars’ random number generators, certifying that the program behind the cards runs truly random, and honest for players’ luck.

Like all other online casinos, the games at the Poker Stars site are mainly run by random number generators, ensuring that the cards drawn from each deck are truly arbitrary, with no advantages for anyone incorporated into the draws. Cigital was able to confirm that Poker Stars does indeed meet or exceed the unpredictability in their software, giving players another measure of safety in using the internet gambling site.

In order to determine such a thing, Cigital took a close look at the source codes, entropy origins, and the backoffice design for the internet casino’s poker operations. A sample stream of codes, which would normally be translated into poker cards, was analyzed, passing the FIPS 140-2 test. No weaknesses at all, in fact, were noted in the analysis, allowing Cigital to conclude that the online site was true to RNG standards on all fronts. The testing was all completed at the request of Poker Stars’ management team, following a discovery made by Cigital of another group’s weakness in the same testing category.

"Their previous discovery of critical RNG implementation weakness at a major online poker site made our decision to work with Cigital an easy one," said Lukas Gant, the director for online marketing at Poker Stars. "Their considerable technical expertise and thorough approach to software reliability and security have established them as a trusted third-party evaluator."