Re: create-random-string revisited

I think a dependency on ironclad would be okay. If anyone has a different opinion, please speak up.

-Hans

2013/10/26 Sabra Crolleton sabra.crolleton@gmail.com

Quite awhile ago I proposed strengthening create-random-string with something that required cl-ssl as a dependency and it was correctly pointed out that some implementations do not play well with cl-ssl. Would using the strong-random function from ironclad be acceptable? E.g.

(defun create-random-string (&optional (n 10) (base 16))

"Creates a random string using ironclad's strong-random function with base BASE and N digits" (setf crypto:*prng* (crypto:make-prng :fortuna))

(subseq (with-output-to-string (s)
   (loop for i to n do

        (format s "~VR" base
                (ironclad:strong-random 100000000000))))

        0 n))

Sabra