Crypt::SysRandom(3)   User Contributed Perl Documentation  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:

       o   Crypt::SysRandom::XS

       o   "RtlGenRandom" using Win32::API

       o   "/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.

perl v5.42.2                      2026-08-16               Crypt::SysRandom(3)