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NAME
    Crypt::URandom - Provide non blocking randomness

VERSION
    This document describes Crypt::URandom version 0.36

SYNOPSIS
        use Crypt::URandom();

        my $random_string_50_bytes_long = Crypt::URandom::urandom(50);

    OR

        use Crypt::URandom qw( urandom );

        my $random_string_50_bytes_long = urandom(50);

DESCRIPTION
    This Module is intended to provide an interface to the strongest available source of
    non-blocking randomness on the current platform. Platforms currently supported are anything
    supporting /dev/urandom and versions of Windows greater than or equal to Windows 2000.

SUBROUTINES/METHODS
    "urandom"
        This function accepts an integer and returns a string of the same size filled with random
        data. The first call will initialize the native cryptographic libraries (if necessary) and
        load all the required Perl libraries

DIAGNOSTICS
    "No secure alternative for random number generation for Win32 versions older than W2K"
        The module cannot run on versions of Windows earlier than Windows 2000 as there is no
        cryptographic functions provided by the operating system.

    "Could not import CryptAcquireContext"
        The module was unable to load the CryptAcquireContextA function from the advapi32 dynamic
        library. The advapi32 library cannot probably be loaded.

    "CryptAcquireContext failed"
        The module was unable to call the CryptAcquireContextA function from the advapi32 dynamic
        library.

    "Could not import CryptGenRandom"
        The module was unable to load the CryptGenRandom function from the advapi32 dynamic library.

    "Could not import SystemFunction036"
        The module was unable to load the SystemFunction036 function from the advapi32 dynamic
        library.

    "The length argument must be supplied and must be an integer"
        The get method must be called with an integer argument to describe how many random bytes are
        required.

    "CryptGenRandom failed"
        The Windows 2000 CryptGenRandom method call failed to generate the required amount of
        randomness

    "RtlGenRand failed"
        The post Windows 2000 RtlGenRand method call failed to generate the required amount of
        randomness

    "Only read n bytes from path"
        The /dev/urandom device did not return the desired amount of random bytes

    "Failed to read from path"
        The /dev/urandom device returned an error when being read from

    "Failed to open path"
        The /dev/urandom device returned an error when being opened

CONFIGURATION AND ENVIRONMENT
    Crypt::URandom requires no configuration files or environment variables.

DEPENDENCIES
        If the platform is Win32, the Win32::API module will be required. Otherwise no other modules
        other than those provided by perl will be required

INCOMPATIBILITIES
    None reported.

BUGS AND LIMITATIONS
    No bugs have been reported.

    Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-crypt-urandom AT rt.org", or through the
    web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org>.

AUTHOR
    David Dick "<ddick AT cpan.org>"

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
    The Win32::API code for interacting with Microsoft's CryptoAPI was stolen with extreme gratitude
    from Crypt::Random::Source::Strong::Win32 by Max Kanat-Alexander

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT
    Copyright (c) 2011, David Dick "<ddick AT cpan.org>". All rights reserved.

    This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
    Perl itself.

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    EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT
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