# How good is the RandomPool generator in Crypto++ library?

How good is the RandomPool generator in Crypto++ library? I never heard of it before… I wonder if there is a Fortuna C implementation that I could use in an Objective-C project.

Also: How secure is SecRandomCopyBytes() (Apple's RNG)? Has anyone ever reviewed it?

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"This reference manual is a work in progress. Some classes are still lacking detailed descriptions." Why is it that - in general - cryptographic libs seem to be ignoring even the most basic software engineering practices... sigh. –  owlstead Nov 29 '13 at 14:00
It looks like RandomPool is an interface, not a full blown implementation, so there is no answering that question. You can ask how secure AutoSeededRandomPool is, but that depends directly on the operating system. In the end, for a pure library that does not do IO itself, there is no way to seed without some support of the operating system or the CPU. –  owlstead Nov 29 '13 at 14:09
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