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System.Crypto.Random | Portability | portable | Stability | beta | Maintainer | Thomas.DuBuisson@gmail.com |
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Description |
Obtain entropy from system sources. This module is rather untested on Windows (or testers never provided feedback),
though testing was requested from the community - please e-mail the maintainer with test results.
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getEntropy :: ByteLength -> IO ByteString |
Inefficiently get a specific number of bytes of cryptographically
secure random data using the system-specific facilities.
Use '/dev/urandom' on *nix and CryptAPI when on Windows.
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data CryptHandle |
Handle for manual resource mangement
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openHandle :: IO CryptHandle |
Open a CryptHandle
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hGetEntropy :: CryptHandle -> Int -> IO ByteString |
Read random data from a CryptHandle
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closeHandle :: CryptHandle -> IO () |
Close the CryptHandle
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