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1 =pod
2
3 =head1 NAME
4
5 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_master_drbg,
6 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_public_drbg,
7 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_private_drbg,
8 RAND_DRBG_get0_master,
9 RAND_DRBG_get0_public,
10 RAND_DRBG_get0_private
11 - get access to the global RAND_DRBG instances
12
13 =head1 SYNOPSIS
14
15  #include <openssl/rand_drbg.h>
16
17  RAND_DRBG *OPENSSL_CTX_get0_master_drbg(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx);
18  RAND_DRBG *OPENSSL_CTX_get0_public_drbg(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx);
19  RAND_DRBG *OPENSSL_CTX_get0_private_drbg(OPENSSL_CTX *ctx);
20  RAND_DRBG *RAND_DRBG_get0_master(void);
21  RAND_DRBG *RAND_DRBG_get0_public(void);
22  RAND_DRBG *RAND_DRBG_get0_private(void);
23
24
25 =head1 DESCRIPTION
26
27 The default RAND API implementation (RAND_OpenSSL()) utilizes three
28 shared DRBG instances which are accessed via the RAND API:
29
30 The I<public> and I<private> DRBG are thread-local instances, which are used
31 by RAND_bytes() and RAND_priv_bytes(), respectively.
32 The I<master> DRBG is a global instance, which is not intended to be used
33 directly, but is used internally to reseed the other two instances.
34
35 These functions here provide access to the shared DRBG instances.
36
37 =head1 RETURN VALUES
38
39 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_master_drbg() returns a pointer to the I<master> DRBG instance
40 for the given OPENSSL_CTX B<ctx>.
41
42 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_public_drbg() returns a pointer to the I<public> DRBG instance
43 for the given OPENSSL_CTX B<ctx>.
44
45 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_private_drbg() returns a pointer to the I<private> DRBG instance
46 for the given OPENSSL_CTX B<ctx>.
47
48 In all the above cases the B<ctx> parameter can
49 be NULL in which case the default OPENSSL_CTX is used. RAND_DRBG_get0_master(),
50 RAND_DRBG_get0_public() and RAND_DRBG_get0_private() are the same as
51 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_master_drbg(), OPENSSL_CTX_get0_public_drbg() and
52 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_private_drbg() respectively except that the default OPENSSL_CTX
53 is always used.
54
55 =head1 NOTES
56
57 It is not thread-safe to access the I<master> DRBG instance.
58 The I<public> and I<private> DRBG instance can be accessed safely, because
59 they are thread-local. Note however, that changes to these two instances
60 apply only to the current thread.
61
62 For that reason it is recommended not to change the settings of these
63 three instances directly.
64 Instead, an application should change the default settings for new DRBG instances
65 at initialization time, before creating additional threads.
66
67 During initialization, it is possible to change the reseed interval
68 and reseed time interval.
69 It is also possible to exchange the reseeding callbacks entirely.
70
71 =head1 SEE ALSO
72
73 L<RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks(3)>,
74 L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_defaults(3)>,
75 L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_interval(3)>,
76 L<RAND_DRBG_set_reseed_time_interval(3)>,
77 L<RAND_DRBG_set_callbacks(3)>,
78 L<RAND_DRBG_generate(3)>,
79 L<RAND_DRBG(7)>
80
81 =head1 HISTORY
82
83 The OPENSSL_CTX_get0_master_drbg(), OPENSSL_CTX_get0_public_drbg() and
84 OPENSSL_CTX_get0_private_drbg() functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0.
85
86 All other RAND_DRBG functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1.
87
88 =head1 COPYRIGHT
89
90 Copyright 2017-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
91
92 Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
93 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
94 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
95 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
96
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