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Generate secure random string values in Javascript using cryto-random bytes
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/** Generate secure random string values in Javascript using cryto-random bytes */ | |
function randomHash (len) { | |
return Array.from( | |
window.crypto.getRandomValues(new Uint8Array(Math.ceil(len / 2))), | |
(b) => ("0" + (b & 0xFF).toString(16)).slice(-2) | |
).join("") | |
} | |
// Simple tests with various lengths | |
let n = 4 | |
while (true) { | |
console.log("%s: %s", n, randomHash(n)) | |
if (n === 256) break | |
n = n * 2 | |
} | |
// 4: 156c | |
// 8: cce7c574 | |
// 16: 26e5cb8a5d17e467 | |
// 32: c9872b2cc69f01f0cb9b60141d9e23ea | |
// 64: 5b8b83dfab5462a36876c0726ec0ae77bec797ad97f7b220d1b8e90e5c46aa29 | |
// 128: c5d78f8d129ea77660e27647473c2dc45f334d17e597e35add293b80a42e28e08c2596f2bb0ca07fc84139ecb0a5522dc8c79028fd3e3bfdfc8253cc2e41682b | |
// 256: 18350b6954beb9a606d716418aa1d9584aead14f381d5fa0c770f5a0c413ab28f3c0c4c6f428bc17e72183574977b129495c399ec82249fb477390eec89693c537018131e88b39a97df33713a5f87940ff01fcd03f09f4a125f4918b7481847ffdafe0f8a04fb63910ce58db92d667bd6cb4c8e42af19be4480e89c8c67c38ad |
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