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Math-Random-Secure-0.03
River stage two • 18 direct dependents • 28 total dependents
5 ++

Changes for version 0.03

  • Clear the seed after the first call to rand() or irand(), so that an attacker can't inspect the state of the RNG to determine the seed.
  • Only seed ourselves with 64 bytes (512 bits) intead of 1024 bytes (8192 bits). The author of ISAAC says that this is safe.
  • Add POD explaining seed sizes and the importance of seed randomness.
  • Warn users if they pass in a bad seed or set seed_size too small.
  • Fix some small code and POD issues (thanks to LpSolit)

Modules

Math::Random::Secure
Cryptographically-secure, cross-platform replacement for rand()
Math::Random::Secure::RNG
The underlying PRNG, as an object.

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