# rand_hc [](https://travis-ci.org/rust-random/rand) [](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/rust-random/rand) [](https://crates.io/crates/rand_hc) [[](https://rust-random.github.io/book/) [](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_hc) [](https://docs.rs/rand_hc) [](https://github.com/rust-random/rand#rust-version-requirements) 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]. Links: - [API documentation (master)](https://rust-random.github.io/rand/rand_hc) - [API documentation (docs.rs)](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. 39–47, 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.