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Crypt::SysRandom::XS(3pm) | User Contributed Perl Documentation | Crypt::SysRandom::XS(3pm) |
NAME¶
Crypt::SysRandom::XS - Perl interface to system randomness, XS version
VERSION¶
version 0.009
SYNOPSIS¶
use Crypt::SysRandom::XS 'random_bytes'; my $random = random_bytes(16);
DESCRIPTION¶
This module uses whatever C interface is available to procure cryptographically random data from the system.
FUNCTIONS¶
random_bytes($count)¶
This will fetch a string of $count random bytes containing cryptographically secure random data.
BACKENDS¶
At build-time, it will try the following backends in order:
- getrandom
This backend is available on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris
- arc4random
This interface is supported on most BSDs and Mac.
- BCryptGenRandom
This backend is available on Windows (Vista and newer)
- rdrand64
This is available on "x86_64" architectures using most compilers.
- rdrand32
This is available on "x86_64" and "x86" architectures using most compilers.
AUTHOR¶
Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE¶
This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Leon Timmermans.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
2025-06-09 | perl v5.40.1 |