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# rand_hc
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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].
Documentation:
[master branch](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_hc/index.html),
[by release](https://docs.rs/rand_hc)
[Changelog](CHANGELOG.md)
[rand]: https://crates.io/crates/rand
[^1]: Hongjun Wu (2008). ["The Stream Cipher HC-128"](
http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/stream/p3ciphers/hc/hc128_p3.pdf).
*The eSTREAM Finalists*, LNCS 4986, pp. 3947, Springer-Verlag.
[^2]: [eSTREAM: the ECRYPT Stream Cipher Project](
http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/stream/)
## 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](LICENSE-APACHE) and [LICENSE-MIT](LICENSE-MIT), and
[COPYRIGHT](COPYRIGHT) for details.