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.