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Re: New function: secure-random-bytes


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: New function: secure-random-bytes
Date: Thu, 16 May 2019 10:34:11 -0700
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On 5/15/19 5:09 AM, Julian Scheid wrote:
> I wonder, is there anything speaking against adding a simple
> implementation now and worrying about maximal performance later?

No, we could do something. What sort of API would work well for you?
Something like this?

(insert-entropy N)

Insert N bytes of high-quality random data after point, where N is an
integer and 0 <= N <= 256. Signal an error on failure.

This would be a wrapper around the glibc getentropy function. I'd write
a Gnulib substitute for platforms lacking getentropy.




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