Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow - Perl interface to the Yarrow256 random number generator from libnettle
use Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow; my $devrandom = IO::File->new('/dev/random', 'r'); my $seed; $devrandom->read($seed, Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow::SEED_FILE_SIZE); my $rng = Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow->new(); $rng->seed($devrandom->read(); my $data = $rng->random(32);
Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow provides an object interface to the Yarrow256 random number generator from the nettle C library.
Create a new Yarrow256 PRNG.
Set up an initial seed of the generator from unguessable $data.
Return a scalar with $length random octets.
Returns 1 if the generator is seeded.
The size of the seed file for Yarrow256.
Cause a fast or slow reseed to take place immediately, regardless of the current entropy estimates of the two pools. Use with care.
Updating the pool is not yet implemented.
It would be nice to have a convenience function for seeding from /dev/random if the file is available.
Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow has no other known bugs, mostly because no one has found them yet. Please write mail to the maintainer (dkg@fifthhorseman.net) with your contributions, comments, suggestions, bug reports or complaints.
Daniel Kahn Gillmor <dkg@fifthhorseman.net>
Copyright © Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Crypt::Nettle::Yarrow is free software, you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the GPL version 2 or later (your choice). Please see the COPYING file for the full text of the GPL.
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To install Crypt::Nettle, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Crypt::Nettle
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Crypt::Nettle
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.