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NAME
Crypt::SysRandom - Perl interface to system randomness
VERSION
version 0.007
SYNOPSIS
use Crypt::SysRandom 'random_bytes'; my $random = random_bytes(16);
DESCRIPTION
This module uses whatever interface is available to procure cryptographically random data from the system.
FUNCTIONS
random_bytes($count)
This will fetch a string of $count random bytes containing cryptographically secure random date.
Backends
The current backends are tried in order:
- Crypt::SysRandom::XS
- "RtlGenRandom" using Win32::API
- "/dev/urandom"
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.
| 2025-02-05 | perl v5.40.2 |
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