openssl/doc/internal/man3/rand_bytes_ex.pod

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=head1 NAME

rand_bytes_ex, rand_priv_bytes_ex
- internal random number routines

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include "crypto/rand.h"

 int rand_bytes_ex(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *buf, int num);
 int rand_priv_bytes_ex(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx, unsigned char *buf, int num);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

rand_bytes_ex() and rand_priv_bytes_ex() are the equivalent of RAND_bytes() and
RAND_priv_bytes() in the public API except that they both take an additional
I<ctx> parameter.
The DRBG used for the operation is the public or private DRBG associated with
the specified I<ctx>. The parameter can be NULL, in which case
the default library ctx is used.
If the default RAND_METHOD has been changed then for compatibility reasons the
RAND_METHOD will be used in preference and the DRBG of the library context
ignored.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

rand_bytes_ex() and rand_bytes_priv_ex() return 0 or less on error or 1 on
success.

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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