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/* -*- Mode:C++; c-file-style:"gnu"; indent-tabs-mode:nil; -*- */
/*
* Copyright (c) 2014-2017, Regents of the University of California,
* Arizona Board of Regents,
* Colorado State University,
* University Pierre & Marie Curie, Sorbonne University,
* Washington University in St. Louis,
* Beijing Institute of Technology,
* The University of Memphis.
*
* This file is part of NFD (Named Data Networking Forwarding Daemon).
* See AUTHORS.md for complete list of NFD authors and contributors.
*
* NFD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms
* of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation,
* either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
*
* NFD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
* without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
* PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
*
* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with
* NFD, e.g., in COPYING.md file. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
/**
* \file
* \brief Declares the global pseudorandom number generator (PRNG) for NFD
*
* All random numbers generated by NFD should use this global generator,
* so that it can be properly seeded when necessary.
*
* \warning This PRNG is not suitable for security purposes; security-critical
* code must use a cryptographically secure PRNG, such as that provided
* by OpenSSL.
*/
#ifndef NFD_CORE_RANDOM_HPP
#define NFD_CORE_RANDOM_HPP
#include <random>
namespace nfd {
/** \return the global random number generator instance
*/
std::mt19937&
getGlobalRng();
} // namespace nfd
#endif // NFD_CORE_RANDOM_HPP