Branch: refs/heads/blead
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Commit: fdbbfbf41538c26b8b3c6edf37c5d861394c8af6
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/fdbbfbf41538c26b8b3c6edf37c5d861394c8af6
Author: Robert Rothenberg <r...@cpan.org>
Date: 2025-06-13 (Fri, 13 Jun 2025)
Changed paths:
M pod/perlfunc.pod
Log Message:
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Simplify the recommended alternatives to rand()
The CPAN Security Group (CPANSec) is currently working on guides to
generating security-quality random data [1]. We are focusing on modules
that have secure defaults and are fairly lightweight.
We would like to change the recommended modules to ones that we think
are better options.
Crypt::URandom is portable, has fewer prerequisites than Crypt::Random,
Math::Random::Secure or Data::Entropy, and works with Windows.
Crypt::PRNG has secure defaults and methods for generating different
kinds of random data.
Math::TrulyRandom hasn't been updated since 1996, and is a solution
intended for systems without something like /dev/random.
Data::Entropy had a security issue that was recently fixed, and the
latest version is marked as deprecated.
[1] https://security.metacpan.org/docs/guides/random-data-for-security.html
Commit: 8c71d4a0b542607dbfe67a67fc2fee44f2452d5d
https://github.com/Perl/perl5/commit/8c71d4a0b542607dbfe67a67fc2fee44f2452d5d
Author: Robert Rothenberg <r...@cpan.org>
Date: 2025-06-13 (Fri, 13 Jun 2025)
Changed paths:
M t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
Log Message:
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Update known_pod_issues.dat for tests
Compare: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/compare/d6f09a896842...8c71d4a0b542
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