Crypt::SysRandom(3)

NAME
Crypt::SysRandom - Perl interface to system randomness

VERSION
version 0.007

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

DESCRIPTION
This module uses whatever 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 date.

Backends
The current backends are tried in order:

•   Crypt::SysRandom::XS

•   "RtlGenRandom" using Win32::API

•   "/dev/urandom"

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.