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Module documentation for 0.4.1.1

  • System
    • System.Entropy

Introduction

This package allows Haskell users to easily acquire entropy for use in critical security applications by calling out to either windows crypto api, unix/linux’s /dev/urandom. Hardware RNGs (currently RDRAND, patches welcome) are supported via the hardwareRNG function.

If you wish to obtain an XOR of the hardware and system RNG consider:

import           Data.Bits (xor)
import qualified Data.ByteString as B
import qualified Control.Exception as X

xorRNG sz = do hw  <- hardwareRNG sz
               h   <- openHandle
               sys <- hGetEntropy h `X.finally` closeHandle h
               pure $ B.pack $ B.zipWith xor hw sys

This package supports Windows, {li,u}nix, QNX, and has preliminary support for HaLVM.

Typically tested on Linux and OSX - testers are as welcome as patches.

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