Crypt::Random::Source - Get weak or strong random data from pluggable sources
version 0.14
use Crypt::Random::Source qw(get_strong); # get 10 cryptographically strong random bytes from an available source my $bytes = get_strong(10);
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.
These functions delegate to a source chosen by an instance of Crypt::Random::Source::Factory, calling get
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.
rand
get_weak
get
get_strong
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.
urandom
Crypt::Random, Crypt::Util
Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-Crypt-Random-Source@rt.cpan.org).
יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>
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>
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.
To install Crypt::Random::Source, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Crypt::Random::Source
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Crypt::Random::Source
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.