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See old GitHub PR 38. Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3714)
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=pod
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=head1 NAME
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RAND_bytes, RAND_pseudo_bytes - generate random data
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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#include <openssl/rand.h>
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int RAND_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
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Deprecated:
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#if OPENSSL_API_COMPAT < 0x10100000L
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int RAND_pseudo_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
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#endif
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=head1 DESCRIPTION
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RAND_bytes() puts B<num> cryptographically strong pseudo-random bytes
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into B<buf>. An error occurs if the PRNG has not been seeded with
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enough randomness to ensure an unpredictable byte sequence.
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RAND_pseudo_bytes() has been deprecated; use RAND_bytes() instead.
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The contents of B<buf> is mixed into the entropy pool before retrieving
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the new pseudo-random bytes unless disabled at compile time (see FAQ).
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=head1 RETURN VALUES
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RAND_bytes() returns 1 on success, -1 if not supported by the current
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RAND method, or 0 on other failure. The error code can be
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obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
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=head HISTORY
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RAND_pseudo_bytes() was deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0.
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=head1 SEE ALSO
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L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>,
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L<RAND_add(3)>
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=head1 COPYRIGHT
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Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
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Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use
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this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
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in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
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L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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=cut
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