curl/lib/rand.h

#ifndef HEADER_CURL_RAND_H
#define HEADER_CURL_RAND_H
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/*
 * Curl_rand() stores 'num' number of random unsigned characters in the buffer
 * 'rnd' points to.
 *
 * If libcurl is built without TLS support or with a TLS backend that lacks a
 * proper random API (Gskit or mbedTLS), this function will use "weak" random.
 *
 * When built *with* TLS support and a backend that offers strong random, it
 * will return error if it cannot provide strong random values.
 *
 * NOTE: 'data' may be passed in as NULL when coming from external API without
 * easy handle!
 *
 */
CURLcode Curl_rand(struct Curl_easy *data, unsigned char *rnd, size_t num);

/*
 * Curl_rand_hex() fills the 'rnd' buffer with a given 'num' size with random
 * hexadecimal digits PLUS a zero terminating byte. It must be an odd number
 * size.
 */
CURLcode Curl_rand_hex(struct Curl_easy *data, unsigned char *rnd,
                       size_t num);

#endif /* HEADER_CURL_RAND_H */