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.