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NAME

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

VERSION

version 0.08

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

AUTHOR

יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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.

CONTRIBUTORS

  • David Pottage <spudsoup@cpan.org>

  • Florian Ragwitz <rafl@debian.org>

  • Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org>

  • Max Kanat-Alexander <mkanat@es-compy.(none)>

  • Yuval Kogman <nothingmuch@woobling.org>