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:

• API documentation (docs.rs)
• Changelog

[^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.