| Maintainer | Thomas.DuBuisson@gmail.com |
|---|---|
| Stability | beta |
| Portability | portable |
| Safe Haskell | Safe-Inferred |
| Language | Haskell98 |
System.Entropy
Description
Obtain entropy from system sources. Currently, windows and *nix systems with a devurandom are supported.
- getEntropy :: Int -> IO ByteString
- data CryptHandle
- openHandle :: IO CryptHandle
- hGetEntropy :: CryptHandle -> Int -> IO ByteString
- closeHandle :: CryptHandle -> IO ()
Documentation
getEntropy :: Int -> 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. In short, this entropy is considered "cryptographically secure" but not true entropy.
data CryptHandle
Handle for manual resource mangement
Open a CryptHandle
hGetEntropy :: CryptHandle -> Int -> IO ByteString
Read random data from a CryptHandle
closeHandle :: CryptHandle -> IO ()
Close the CryptHandle