A cryptographically secure random number generator that uses the HC-128 algorithm.
HC-128 is a stream cipher designed by Hongjun Wu[^1], that we use as an RNG. It is selected as one of the “stream ciphers suitable for widespread adoption” by eSTREAM[^2].
Links:
[^1]: Hongjun Wu (2008). “The Stream Cipher HC-128”. The eSTREAM Finalists, LNCS 4986, pp. 39–47, Springer-Verlag.
[^2]: eSTREAM: the ECRYPT Stream Cipher Project
rand_hc
is no_std
compatible. It does not require any functionality outside of the core
lib, thus there are no features to configure.
rand_hc
is distributed under the terms of both the MIT license and the Apache License (Version 2.0).
See LICENSE-APACHE and LICENSE-MIT, and COPYRIGHT for details.