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1=pod
2
3=head1 NAME
4
5RAND_DRBG_generate,
6RAND_DRBG_bytes
7- generate random bytes using the given drbg instance
8
9=head1 SYNOPSIS
10
11 #include <openssl/rand_drbg.h>
12
13 int RAND_DRBG_generate(RAND_DRBG *drbg,
14                        unsigned char *out, size_t outlen,
15                        int prediction_resistance,
16                        const unsigned char *adin, size_t adinlen);
17
18 int RAND_DRBG_bytes(RAND_DRBG *drbg,
19                     unsigned char *out, size_t outlen);
20
21
22=head1 DESCRIPTION
23
24RAND_DRBG_generate() generates B<outlen> random bytes using the given
25DRBG instance B<drbg> and stores them in the buffer at B<out>.
26
27Before generating the output, the DRBG instance checks whether the maximum
28number of generate requests (I<reseed interval>) or the maximum timespan
29(I<reseed time interval>) since its last seeding have been reached.
30If this is the case, the DRBG reseeds automatically.
31Additionally, an immediate reseeding can be requested by setting the
32B<prediction_resistance> flag to 1. See NOTES section for more details.
33
34The caller can optionally provide additional data to be used for reseeding
35by passing a pointer B<adin> to a buffer of length B<adinlen>.
36This additional data is mixed into the internal state of the random
37generator but does not contribute to the entropy count.
38The additional data can be omitted by setting B<adin> to NULL and
39B<adinlen> to 0;
40
41RAND_DRBG_bytes() generates B<outlen> random bytes using the given
42DRBG instance B<drbg> and stores them in the buffer at B<out>.
43This function is a wrapper around the RAND_DRBG_generate() call,
44which collects some additional data from low entropy sources
45(e.g., a high resolution timer) and calls
46RAND_DRBG_generate(drbg, out, outlen, 0, adin, adinlen).
47
48
49=head1 RETURN VALUES
50
51RAND_DRBG_generate() and RAND_DRBG_bytes() return 1 on success,
52and 0 on failure.
53
54=head1 NOTES
55
56The I<reseed interval> and I<reseed time interval> of the B<drbg> are set to
57reasonable default values, which in general do not have to be adjusted.
58If necessary, they can be changed using L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_interval(3)>
59and L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_time_interval(3)>, respectively.
60
61A request for prediction resistance can only be satisfied by pulling fresh
62entropy from one of the approved entropy sources listed in section 5.5.2 of
63[NIST SP 800-90C].
64Since the default DRBG implementation does not have access to such an approved
65entropy source, a request for prediction resistance will always fail.
66In other words, prediction resistance is currently not supported yet by the DRBG.
67
68=head1 SEE ALSO
69
70L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
71L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_interval(3)>,
72L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_time_interval(3)>,
73L<RAND_DRBG(7)>
74
75=head1 HISTORY
76
77The RAND_DRBG functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
78
79=head1 COPYRIGHT
80
81Copyright 2017-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
82
83Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
84this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
85in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
86L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
87
88=cut
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