Class SystemRNG

Operating system specific cryptography secure random number generator.


							
					class SystemRNG
					
  : RandomNumberStream
					;

It uses the "CryptGenRandom" function for Windows; the "arc4random_buf" function (not based on RC4 but on a modern and cryptographically secure cipher) for macOS/OpenBSD/NetBSD; the "getrandom" syscall for Linux 3.17 and later; and "/dev/urandom" for other Posix platforms. It's recommended to combine the output use additional processing generated random numbers via provided functions for systems where security matters.

Constructors

Name	Description
`this` ()	Creates new system random generator

Properties

Name	Type	Description
`dataAvailableForRead`[get]	`bool`	(Scheduled for deprecation) Queries if there is data available for immediate, non-blocking read.
`empty`[get]	`bool`	Returns true iff the end of the input stream has been reached.
`leastSize`[get]	`ulong`	(Scheduled for deprecation) Returns the maximum number of bytes that are known to remain available for read.

Methods

Name	Description
`peek` ()	Returns a temporary reference to the data that is currently buffered.
`read` (buffer, mode)
`read` (dst, mode)	Fills the buffer new random numbers.
`read` (dst)	Fills the preallocated array 'bytes' with data from the stream.

Aliases

Name	Description
`read`

Remarks

Windows "CryptGenRandom" RNG has known security vulnerabilities on Windows 2000 and Windows XP (assuming the attacker has control of the machine). Fixed for Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Windows Vista.

Authors	Ilya Shipunov
Copyright	© 2013 Sönke Ludwig
License	Subject to the terms of the MIT license, as written in the included LICENSE.txt file.