(PowerShell) ARC4 PRNG (Pseudo Random Number Generator)

Uses the ARC4 stream encryption algorithm as a pseudo random number generator.

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Add-Type -Path "C:\chilkat\ChilkatDotNet47-9.5.0-x64\ChilkatDotNet47.dll"

# This example requires the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
# See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

$crypt = New-Object Chilkat.Crypt2

# Set the encryption algorithm to ARC4:	
$crypt.CryptAlgorithm = "arc4"

# We want the encrypted output to be a hex-encoded string.
$crypt.EncodingMode = "hex"

$key = "000102030405060708090A0B0C0D0E0F"
$data = "12345678"

# Key length is 128 bits in this example.
$crypt.KeyLength = 128
$crypt.SetEncodedKey($key,"hex")

# Generate 16 "random" 8-byte blocks, encoded as hex strings.
# This example will generate the identical output each time
# it is run.

for ($i = 0; $i -le 15; $i++) {
    $cipherHex = $crypt.EncryptStringENC($data)
    $($data)
    $($cipherHex)
    $data = $cipherHex
}