Generating random data

The library uses the libsodium functions to generate random data, thus:

• On Windows systems, the RtlGenRandom() function is used
• On OpenBSD and Bitrig, the arc4random() function is used
• On other Unices, the /dev/urandom device is used

Usage

public static byte[] GetRandomBytes(int count)

This is the .NET equivalent of randombytes_buf.

Namespace: Sodium.SodiumCore

The GetRandomBytes() method takes a integer count, and produces an unpredictable sequence of bytes.

This is suitable for use as a key, salt or nonce.

Note: In classes where appropriate, there are GenerateKey() and/or GenerateNonce() and/or GenerateSalt() functions that return a byte array of the correct size.

public static int GetRandomNumber(int upperBound)

This is the .NET equivalent of randombytes_uniform.

Namespace: Sodium.SodiumCore

The GetRandomNumber() method returns an unpredictable value between 0 and upperBound (excluded). Unlike randombytes_random() % upper_bound, it does its best to guarantee a uniform distribution of the possible output values.

The maximum possible input for upperBound is: 2147483647