pylibressl.rand

Random number generation.

When used with LibreSSL, it uses arc4random algorithm based on ChaCha.

Usage example:

>>> # We want to get 32 bytes from PRNG
>>> from pylibressl.rand import get_random_bytes
>>> random = get_random_bytes(32)

Submodules

• pylibressl.rand.rand

Package Contents

Functions

get_random_bytes(length)	Get a string of random bytes with specified length.
libressl_get_random_bytes(length)	Get a string of random bytes with specified length.
getrandbits(bit_number)	Get an integer containing bit_number random bits.

pylibressl.rand.get_random_bytes(length)

Get a string of random bytes with specified length.

Uses system PRNG provided by Python.

pylibressl.rand.libressl_get_random_bytes(length)

Get a string of random bytes with specified length.

Uses LibreSSL PRNG (system source + arc4random).

pylibressl.rand.getrandbits(bit_number)

Get an integer containing bit_number random bits.

Analogous to Crypto.Random.random.getrandbits from pycrypto.