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Changes for version 1.22

  • Patch by Michael Schwern to replace open/read with sysopen()/sysread() so Crypt::Random doesn't waste entropy in /dev/u?random by reading a buffer and throwing away unnecessary data.

Modules

Cryptographically Secure, True Random Number Generator.

Provides

in lib/Crypt/Random/Generator.pm
in lib/Crypt/Random/Provider/File.pm
in lib/Crypt/Random/Provider/devrandom.pm
in lib/Crypt/Random/Provider/devurandom.pm
in lib/Crypt/Random/Provider/egd.pm
in lib/Crypt/Random/Provider/rand.pm