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package Crypt::SysRandom::XS;
$Crypt::SysRandom::XS::VERSION = '0.009';
use strict;
use warnings;
use XSLoader;
XSLoader::load(__PACKAGE__, __PACKAGE__->VERSION);
use Exporter 'import';
our @EXPORT_OK = 'random_bytes';
1;
# ABSTRACT: Perl interface to system randomness, XS version
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Crypt::SysRandom::XS - Perl interface to system randomness, XS version
=head1 VERSION
version 0.009
=head1 SYNOPSIS
use Crypt::SysRandom::XS 'random_bytes';
my $random = random_bytes(16);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This module uses whatever C interface is available to procure cryptographically random data from the system.
=head1 FUNCTIONS
=head2 random_bytes($count)
This will fetch a string of C<$count> random bytes containing cryptographically secure random data.
=head1 BACKENDS
At build-time, it will try the following backends in order:
=over 4
=item * getrandom
This backend is available on Linux, FreeBSD and Solaris
=item * arc4random
This interface is supported on most BSDs and Mac.
=item * BCryptGenRandom
This backend is available on Windows (Vista and newer)
=item * rdrand64
This is available on C<x86_64> architectures using most compilers.
=item * rdrand32
This is available on C<x86_64> and C<x86> architectures using most compilers.
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2025 by Leon Timmermans.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut
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