#include <openssl/rand.h>
+ int RAND_set_rand_engine(ENGINE *engine);
+
int RAND_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
int RAND_pseudo_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
void RAND_seed(const void *buf, int num);
void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, int entropy);
int RAND_status(void);
- void RAND_screen(void);
int RAND_load_file(const char *file, long max_bytes);
int RAND_write_file(const char *file);
int RAND_egd(const char *path);
- void RAND_set_rand_method(RAND_METHOD *meth);
- RAND_METHOD *RAND_get_rand_method(void);
- RAND_METHOD *RAND_SSLeay(void);
+ void RAND_set_rand_method(const RAND_METHOD *meth);
+ const RAND_METHOD *RAND_get_rand_method(void);
+ RAND_METHOD *RAND_OpenSSL(void);
void RAND_cleanup(void);
+ /* For Win32 only */
+ void RAND_screen(void);
+ int RAND_event(UINT, WPARAM, LPARAM);
+
=head1 DESCRIPTION
+Since the introduction of the ENGINE API, the recommended way of controlling
+default implementations is by using the ENGINE API functions. The default
+B<RAND_METHOD>, as set by RAND_set_rand_method() and returned by
+RAND_get_rand_method(), is only used if no ENGINE has been set as the default
+"rand" implementation. Hence, these two functions are no longer the recommended
+way to control defaults.
+
+If an alternative B<RAND_METHOD> implementation is being used (either set
+directly or as provided by an ENGINE module), then it is entirely responsible
+for the generation and management of a cryptographically secure PRNG stream. The
+mechanisms described below relate solely to the software PRNG implementation
+built in to OpenSSL and used by default.
+
These functions implement a cryptographically secure pseudo-random
number generator (PRNG). It is used by other library functions for
example to generate random keys, and applications can use it when they
A cryptographic PRNG must be seeded with unpredictable data such as
mouse movements or keys pressed at random by the user. This is
-described in L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>. Its state can be saved in a seed file
-(see L<RAND_load_file(3)|RAND_load_file(3)>) to avoid having to go through the
+described in L<RAND_add(3)>. Its state can be saved in a seed file
+(see L<RAND_load_file(3)>) to avoid having to go through the
seeding process whenever the application is started.
-L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)> describes how to obtain random data from the
+L<RAND_bytes(3)> describes how to obtain random data from the
PRNG.
-=head1 INTERNALS
-
-The RAND_SSLeay() method implements a PRNG based on a cryptographic
-hash function.
-
-The following description of its design is based on the SSLeay
-documentation:
-
-First up I will state the things I believe I need for a good RNG.
-
-=over 4
-
-=item 1
-
-A good hashing algorithm to mix things up and to convert the RNG 'state'
-to random numbers.
-
-=item 2
-
-An initial source of random 'state'.
-
-=item 3
-
-The state should be very large. If the RNG is being used to generate
-4096 bit RSA keys, 2 2048 bit random strings are required (at a minimum).
-If your RNG state only has 128 bits, you are obviously limiting the
-search space to 128 bits, not 2048. I'm probably getting a little
-carried away on this last point but it does indicate that it may not be
-a bad idea to keep quite a lot of RNG state. It should be easier to
-break a cipher than guess the RNG seed data.
-
-=item 4
-
-Any RNG seed data should influence all subsequent random numbers
-generated. This implies that any random seed data entered will have
-an influence on all subsequent random numbers generated.
-
-=item 5
-
-When using data to seed the RNG state, the data used should not be
-extractable from the RNG state. I believe this should be a
-requirement because one possible source of 'secret' semi random
-data would be a private key or a password. This data must
-not be disclosed by either subsequent random numbers or a
-'core' dump left by a program crash.
-
-=item 6
-
-Given the same initial 'state', 2 systems should deviate in their RNG state
-(and hence the random numbers generated) over time if at all possible.
-
-=item 7
-
-Given the random number output stream, it should not be possible to determine
-the RNG state or the next random number.
-
-=back
-
-The algorithm is as follows.
-
-There is global state made up of a 1023 byte buffer (the 'state'), a
-working hash value ('md'), and a counter ('count').
-
-Whenever seed data is added, it is inserted into the 'state' as
-follows.
-
-The input is chopped up into units of 20 bytes (or less for
-the last block). Each of these blocks is run through the hash
-function as follows: The data passed to the hash function
-is the current 'md', the same number of bytes from the 'state'
-(the location determined by in incremented looping index) as
-the current 'block', the new key data 'block', and 'count'
-(which is incremented after each use).
-The result of this is kept in 'md' and also xored into the
-'state' at the same locations that were used as input into the
-hash function. I
-believe this system addresses points 1 (hash function; currently
-SHA-1), 3 (the 'state'), 4 (via the 'md'), 5 (by the use of a hash
-function and xor).
-
-When bytes are extracted from the RNG, the following process is used.
-For each group of 10 bytes (or less), we do the following:
-
-Input into the hash function the local 'md' (which is initialized from
-the global 'md' before any bytes are generated), the bytes that are to
-be overwritten by the random bytes, and bytes from the 'state'
-(incrementing looping index). From this digest output (which is kept
-in 'md'), the top (up to) 10 bytes are returned to the caller and the
-bottom 10 bytes are xored into the 'state'.
-
-Finally, after we have finished 'num' random bytes for the caller,
-'count' (which is incremented) and the local and global 'md' are fed
-into the hash function and the results are kept in the global 'md'.
-
-I believe the above addressed points 1 (use of SHA-1), 6 (by hashing
-into the 'state' the 'old' data from the caller that is about to be
-overwritten) and 7 (by not using the 10 bytes given to the caller to
-update the 'state', but they are used to update 'md').
-
-So of the points raised, only 2 is not addressed (but see
-L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>).
-
=head1 SEE ALSO
-L<BN_rand(3)|BN_rand(3)>, L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>,
-L<RAND_load_file(3)|RAND_load_file(3)>, L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>,
-L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)>,
-L<RAND_set_rand_method(3)|RAND_set_rand_method(3)>,
-L<RAND_cleanup(3)|RAND_cleanup(3)>
+L<BN_rand(3)>, L<RAND_add(3)>,
+L<RAND_load_file(3)>, L<RAND_egd(3)>,
+L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
+L<RAND_set_rand_method(3)>,
+L<RAND_cleanup(3)>
=cut
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