Function wasi::random::insecure_seed::insecure_seed

pub fn insecure_seed() -> (u64, u64)

Return a 128-bit value that may contain a pseudo-random value.

The returned value is not required to be computed from a CSPRNG, and may even be entirely deterministic. Host implementations are encouraged to provide pseudo-random values to any program exposed to attacker-controlled content, to enable DoS protection built into many languages’ hash-map implementations.

This function is intended to only be called once, by a source language to initialize Denial Of Service (DoS) protection in its hash-map implementation.

Expected future evolution

This will likely be changed to a value import, to prevent it from being called multiple times and potentially used for purposes other than DoS protection.