=head1 NAME
-BN_rand - Generate pseudo-random number
+BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand - generate pseudo-random number
=head1 SYNOPSIS
int BN_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom);
+ int BN_pseudo_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom);
+
=head1 DESCRIPTION
BN_rand() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of
product of two such random numbers will always have 2*B<bits> length.
If B<bottom> is true, the number will be odd.
+BN_pseudo_rand() does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by
+this function are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used for
+non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic
+protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
+
The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling BN_rand().
=head1 RETURN VALUES
-BN_rand() returns 1 on success, 0 on error.
-The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3).
+BN_rand() and BN_pseudo_rand() return 1 on success, 0 on error.
+The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
=head1 SEE ALSO
-bn(3), err(3), rand(3), RAND_add(), RAND_bytes()
+L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
+L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)>
=head1 HISTORY
BN_rand() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
+BN_pseudo_rand() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5.
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