NAME

Crypt::Random::Source - Get weak or strong random data from pluggable sources

VERSION

version 0.12

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

SEE ALSO

Crypt::Random, Crypt::Util

SUPPORT

Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-Crypt-Random-Source@rt.cpan.org).

AUTHOR

יובל קוג'מן (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)>

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.