7 releases (4 breaking)
Uses new Rust 2024
| 0.5.0-rc.0 | Nov 10, 2025 |
|---|---|
| 0.4.0 | Jan 27, 2025 |
| 0.3.2 | Apr 15, 2023 |
| 0.3.1 | Jun 15, 2021 |
| 0.1.0 | Oct 30, 2018 |
#223 in Algorithms
3,042,443 downloads per month
Used in 12,116 crates
(29 directly)
26KB
368 lines
rand_hc
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
Crate Features
rand_hc is no_std compatible. It does not require any functionality
outside of the core lib, thus there are no features to configure.
License
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.
Dependencies
~47KB