NAME

       Crypt::SysRandom::XS - Perl interface to system randomness, XS version

VERSION

       version 0.009

SYNOPSIS

        use Crypt::SysRandom::XS 'random_bytes';
        my $random = random_bytes(16);

DESCRIPTION

       This module uses whatever C interface is available to procure cryptographically random data from the
       system.

FUNCTIONS

   random_bytes($count)
       This will fetch a string of $count random bytes containing cryptographically secure random data.

BACKENDS

       At build-time, it will try the following backends in order:

       •   getrandom

           This backend is available on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris

       •   arc4random

           This interface is supported on most BSDs and Mac.

       •   BCryptGenRandom

           This backend is available on Windows (Vista and newer)

       •   rdrand64

           This is available on "x86_64" architectures using most compilers.

       •   rdrand32

           This is available on "x86_64" and "x86" architectures using most compilers.

AUTHOR

       Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Leon Timmermans.

       This  is  free  software;  you  can  redistribute  it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5
       programming language system itself.

perl v5.40.1                                       2025-06-09                          Crypt::SysRandom::XS(3pm)