crypto_api_osrandom

Crates.iocrypto_api_osrandom
lib.rscrypto_api_osrandom
version0.2.0
created_at2019-03-12 18:06:20.223804+00
updated_at2022-06-17 01:27:26.75543+00
descriptionAn interface to the OS' secure random number generator for `crypto_api`
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repositoryhttps://github.com/KizzyCode/crypto_api_osrandom
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Keziah Biermann (KizzyCode)

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crypto_api_osrandom

Welcome to crypto_api_osrandom 🎉

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This crate implements access to your operating system's cryptographically secure random number generator via crypto_api.

APIs used

The following native APIs are used:

  • macOS/iOS: SecRandomCopyBytes from the security framework
  • FreeBSD/OpenBSD/NetBSD: arc4random_buf (which does not use ARC4 anymore but a secure PRF like ChaCha20)
  • Windows: CryptGenRandom with PROV_RSA_FULL as provider
  • Linux: getrandom for glibc versions >= 2.25 or /dev/urandom for ancient distributions
Commit count: 27

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