These are all options that can be passed to "new()" or called as methods on an existing object.
rng
The underlying random number generator. Defaults to an instance of Math::Random::ISAAC.
seed
The random data used to seed "rng", as a string of bytes. This should be large enough to properly seed
"rng". This means minimally, it should be 8 bytes (64 bits) and more ideally, 32 bytes (256 bits) or 64
bytes (512 bits). For an idea of how large your seed should be, see
<http://burtleburtle.net/bob/crypto/magnitude.html#brute> for information on how long it would take to
brute-force seeds of each size.
Note that "seed" should not be an integer, but a stringofbytes.
It is very important that the seed be large enough, and also that the seed be very random. Thereareseriousattackspossibleagainstrandomnumbergeneratorsthatareseededwithnon-randomdataorwithinsufficientrandomdata.
By default, we use a 512-bit (64 byte) seed. If Moore's Law <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moore's_law>
continues to hold true, it will be approximately 1000 years before computers can brute-force a 512-bit
(64 byte) seed at any reasonable speed (and physics suggests that computers will never actually become
that fast, although there could always be improvements or new methods of computing we can't now imagine,
possibly making Moore's Law continue to hold true forever).
If you pass this to "new()", "seeder" and "seed_size" will be ignored.
seeder
An instance of Crypt::Random::Source::Base that will be used to get the seed for "rng".
seed_size
How much data (in bytes) should be read using "seeder" to seed "rng". Defaults to 64 bytes (which is 512
bits).
See "seed" for more info about what is a reasonable seed size.