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diff --git a/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr b/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f48824cf7bec --- /dev/null +++ b/net/p5-Net-Random/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Net::Random - get random data from online sources + +This module gets truly random data from online sources. Or at least, +they claim to be truly random. + +The two sources of randomness above correspond to +http://www.fourmilab.ch/cgi-bin/uncgi/Hotbits?nbytes=1024&fmt=hex and +http://random.org/cgi-bin/randbyte?nbytes=1024&format=hex. +We always get chunks of 1024 bytes at a time, storing it in a pool +which is used up as and when needed. The pool is shared between all +objects using the same randomness source. When we run out of randomness +we go back to the source for more juicy random goodness. + +The maintainers of both randomness sources claim that their data +is *truly* random. A some simple tests show that they are certainly +more random than the rand() function on this 'ere machine. + +WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Net-Random/ |