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Crypt::Random::Source(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Crypt::Random::Source(3pm) |
NAME¶
Crypt::Random::Source - Get weak or strong random data from pluggable sources
VERSION¶
version 0.14
SYNOPSIS¶
use Crypt::Random::Source qw(get_strong); # get 10 cryptographically strong random bytes from an available source my $bytes = get_strong(10);
DESCRIPTION¶
This module provides implementations for a number of byte oriented sources of random data.
See Crypt::Random::Source::Factory for a more powerful way to locate sources, and the various sources for specific implementations.
EXPORTS¶
- get
- get_weak
- get_strong
- These functions delegate to a source chosen by an instance of Crypt::Random::Source::Factory, calling get
CAVEATS¶
In versions prior to 0.13, "rand" could be used as a result of calling "get_weak", or "get", if no random device was available. This implies that not explicitly asking for "get_strong" on a non POSIX operating system (e.g. Win32 without the Win32 backend) could have resulted in non cryptographically random data.
Relatedly, the characterization of "urandom" as a weak source of randomness is also largely a misconception, see <https://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/> for example.
SEE ALSO¶
Crypt::Random, Crypt::Util
SUPPORT¶
Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker <https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Crypt-Random-Source> (or bug-Crypt-Random-Source@rt.cpan.org <mailto:bug-Crypt-Random-Source@rt.cpan.org>).
AUTHOR¶
XXXX XXX'XX (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
CONTRIBUTORS¶
- Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>
- Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>
- Graham Knop <haarg@haarg.org>
- David Pottage <spudsoup@cpan.org>
- Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@es-compy.(none)>
- Edward Betts <edward@4angle.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2008 by Yuval Kogman.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
2022-04-09 | perl v5.34.0 |