@decentralized-auth/gen-seed

Generates an IOTA seed on Linux and macOS using the built in random number generator. For other OSes uses the insecure iota-generate-seed library.

Usage

const generateSeed = require('@decentralized-auth/gen-seed');
const seed = await generateSeed();

Test

npm run test

Lint

npm run lint

Documentation

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gen-seed

Generates a seed on Linux and macOS using the built in random number generator. For other OSes uses the insecure iota-generate-seed library.

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gen-seed~generateSeed() ⇒ Promise

Generates a seed by using an underlying random number generator. NOTE: Windows, FreeBSD and SunOS uses a seed generated using crypto.randomBytes(). This does not generate a secure seed.

Kind: inner method of gen-seed
Returns: Promise - A securely generated seed, unless we are on Windows, FreeBSD or SunOS

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