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- specifically for securely seeding algorithmic generators (PRNGs).</p>
- <p>Where possible, <code>EntropyRng</code> retrieves random data from the operating
- system's interface for random numbers (<a href="struct.OsRng.html"><code>OsRng</code></a>); if that fails it will
- fall back to the <a href="jitter/struct.JitterRng.html"><code>JitterRng</code></a> entropy collector. In the latter case it will
- still try to use <a href="struct.OsRng.html"><code>OsRng</code></a> on the next usage.</p>
- <p>If no secure source of entropy is available <code>EntropyRng</code> will panic on use;
- i.e. it should never output predictable data.</p>
- <p>This is either a little slow (<a href="struct.OsRng.html"><code>OsRng</code></a> requires a system call) or extremely
- slow (<a href="jitter/struct.JitterRng.html"><code>JitterRng</code></a> must use significant CPU time to generate sufficient
- jitter); for better performance it is common to seed a local PRNG from
- external entropy then primarily use the local PRNG (<a href="../fn.thread_rng.html"><code>thread_rng</code></a> is
- provided as a convenient, local, automatically-seeded CSPRNG).</p>
- <h1 id="panics" class="section-header"><a href="#panics">Panics</a></h1>
- <p>On most systems, like Windows, Linux, macOS and *BSD on common hardware, it
- is highly unlikely for both <a href="struct.OsRng.html"><code>OsRng</code></a> and <a href="jitter/struct.JitterRng.html"><code>JitterRng</code></a> to fail. But on
- combinations like webassembly without Emscripten or stdweb both sources are
- unavailable. If both sources fail, only <a href="../trait.RngCore.html#method.tymethod.try_fill_bytes"><code>try_fill_bytes</code></a> is able to
- report the error, and only the one from <code>OsRng</code>. The other <a href="../trait.RngCore.html"><code>RngCore</code></a>
- methods will panic in case of an error.</p>
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- <h3 id='impl' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>impl <a class="struct" href="../../rand/rngs/struct.EntropyRng.html" title="struct rand::rngs::EntropyRng">EntropyRng</a></code><a href='#impl' class='anchor'></a></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#61-70' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.new' class="method"><span id='new.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>pub fn <a href='#method.new' class='fnname'>new</a>() -> Self</code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#67-69' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Create a new <code>EntropyRng</code>.</p>
- <p>This method will do no system calls or other initialization routines,
- those are done on first use. This is done to make <code>new</code> infallible,
- and <code>try_fill_bytes</code> the only place to report errors.</p>
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- <div id='implementations-list'><h3 id='impl-Debug' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>impl <a class="trait" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/fmt/trait.Debug.html" title="trait core::fmt::Debug">Debug</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../rand/rngs/struct.EntropyRng.html" title="struct rand::rngs::EntropyRng">EntropyRng</a></code><a href='#impl-Debug' class='anchor'></a></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#48' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.fmt' class="method"><span id='fmt.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/fmt/trait.Debug.html#tymethod.fmt' class='fnname'>fmt</a>(&self, f: &mut <a class="struct" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/fmt/struct.Formatter.html" title="struct core::fmt::Formatter">Formatter</a>) -> <a class="type" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/fmt/type.Result.html" title="type core::fmt::Result">Result</a></code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#48' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Formats the value using the given formatter. <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/fmt/trait.Debug.html#tymethod.fmt">Read more</a></p>
- </div></div><h3 id='impl-Default' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>impl <a class="trait" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/default/trait.Default.html" title="trait core::default::Default">Default</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../rand/rngs/struct.EntropyRng.html" title="struct rand::rngs::EntropyRng">EntropyRng</a></code><a href='#impl-Default' class='anchor'></a></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#72-76' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.default' class="method"><span id='default.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/default/trait.Default.html#tymethod.default' class='fnname'>default</a>() -> Self</code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#73-75' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Returns the "default value" for a type. <a href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/default/trait.Default.html#tymethod.default">Read more</a></p>
- </div></div><h3 id='impl-RngCore' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>impl <a class="trait" href="../../rand/trait.RngCore.html" title="trait rand::RngCore">RngCore</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../rand/rngs/struct.EntropyRng.html" title="struct rand::rngs::EntropyRng">EntropyRng</a></code><a href='#impl-RngCore' class='anchor'></a></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#78-163' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><div class='impl-items'><h4 id='method.next_u32' class="method"><span id='next_u32.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.next_u32' class='fnname'>next_u32</a>(&mut self) -> <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.u32.html">u32</a></code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#79-81' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Return the next random <code>u32</code>. <a href="../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.next_u32">Read more</a></p>
- </div><h4 id='method.next_u64' class="method"><span id='next_u64.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.next_u64' class='fnname'>next_u64</a>(&mut self) -> <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.u64.html">u64</a></code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#83-85' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Return the next random <code>u64</code>. <a href="../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.next_u64">Read more</a></p>
- </div><h4 id='method.fill_bytes' class="method"><span id='fill_bytes.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.fill_bytes' class='fnname'>fill_bytes</a>(&mut self, dest: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">&mut [</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">]</a>)</code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#87-90' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Fill <code>dest</code> with random data. <a href="../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.fill_bytes">Read more</a></p>
- </div><h4 id='method.try_fill_bytes' class="method"><span id='try_fill_bytes.v' class='invisible'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>fn <a href='../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.try_fill_bytes' class='fnname'>try_fill_bytes</a>(&mut self, dest: <a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">&mut [</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.u8.html">u8</a><a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.slice.html">]</a>) -> <a class="enum" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/core/result/enum.Result.html" title="enum core::result::Result">Result</a><<a class="primitive" href="https://doc.rust-lang.org/nightly/std/primitive.unit.html">()</a>, <a class="struct" href="../../rand/struct.Error.html" title="struct rand::Error">Error</a>></code></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#92-162' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></td></tr></tbody></table></span></h4><div class='docblock'><p>Fill <code>dest</code> entirely with random data. <a href="../../rand/trait.RngCore.html#tymethod.try_fill_bytes">Read more</a></p>
- </div></div><h3 id='impl-CryptoRng' class='impl'><span class='in-band'><table class='table-display'><tbody><tr><td><code>impl <a class="trait" href="../../rand/trait.CryptoRng.html" title="trait rand::CryptoRng">CryptoRng</a> for <a class="struct" href="../../rand/rngs/struct.EntropyRng.html" title="struct rand::rngs::EntropyRng">EntropyRng</a></code><a href='#impl-CryptoRng' class='anchor'></a></span></td><td><span class='out-of-band'><div class='ghost'></div><a class='srclink' href='../../src/rand/rngs/entropy.rs.html#165' title='goto source code'>[src]</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table></h3><div class='impl-items'></div></div>
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