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