--- src/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 2004/09/02 09:26:58 1.2 +++ src/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 2004/12/18 21:34:10 1.3 @@ -1,12 +1,8 @@ -.rn '' }` -''' $RCSfile: BN_rand.3,v $$Revision: 1.2 $$Date: 2004/09/02 09:26:58 $ -''' -''' $Log: BN_rand.3,v $ -''' Revision 1.2 2004/09/02 09:26:58 asmodai -''' Commit manual pages after running 'man-update' and add new manual pages. -''' -''' -.de Sh +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.14 +.\" +.\" Standard preamble: +.\" ======================================================================== +.de Sh \" Subsection heading .br .if t .Sp .ne 5 @@ -14,150 +10,98 @@ \fB\\$1\fR .PP .. -.de Sp +.de Sp \" Vertical space (when we can't use .PP) .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. -.de Ip -.br -.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 -.el .ne 3 -.IP "\\$1" \\$2 -.. -.de Vb +.de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf .ne \\$1 .. -.de Ve +.de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R - .fi .. -''' -''' -''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash; -''' string Tr holds user defined translation string. -''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character. -''' +.\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will +.\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left +.\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. | will give a +.\" real vertical bar. \*(C+ will give a nicer C++. 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If \fBtop\fR is \-1, the +.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" +\&\fIBN_rand()\fR generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of +\&\fBbits\fR bits in length and stores it in \fBrnd\fR. If \fBtop\fR is \-1, the most significant bit of the random number can be zero. If \fBtop\fR is 0, it is set to 1, and if \fBtop\fR is 1, the two most significant bits of the number will be set to 1, so that the product of two such random numbers will always have 2*\fBbits\fR length. If \fBbottom\fR is true, the number will be odd. .PP -\fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by +\&\fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR 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. .PP -\fIBN_rand_range()\fR generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random +\&\fIBN_rand_range()\fR generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number \fBrnd\fR in the range 0 = \fBrnd\fR < \fBrange\fR. -\fIBN_pseudo_rand_range()\fR does the same, but is based on \fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR, +\&\fIBN_pseudo_rand_range()\fR does the same, but is based on \fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR, and hence numbers generated by it are not necessarily unpredictable. .PP -The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling \fIBN_rand()\fR or \fIBN_rand_range()\fR. +The \s-1PRNG\s0 must be seeded prior to calling \fIBN_rand()\fR or \fIBN_rand_range()\fR. .SH "RETURN VALUES" +.IX Header "RETURN VALUES" The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error. -The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error(3). +The error codes can be obtained by \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3). .SH "SEE ALSO" -bn(3), ERR_get_error(3), rand(3), -RAND_add(3), RAND_bytes(3) -.SH "HISTORY" -\fIBN_rand()\fR is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. -\fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5. The \fBtop\fR == \-1 case -and the function \fIBN_rand_range()\fR were added in OpenSSL 0.9.6a. -\fIBN_pseudo_rand_range()\fR was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6c. - -.rn }` '' -.IX Title "BN_rand 3" -.IX Name "BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand - generate pseudo-random number" - -.IX Header "NAME" - -.IX Header "SYNOPSIS" - -.IX Header "DESCRIPTION" - -.IX Header "RETURN VALUES" - .IX Header "SEE ALSO" - +\&\fIbn\fR\|(3), \fIERR_get_error\fR\|(3), \fIrand\fR\|(3), +\&\fIRAND_add\fR\|(3), \fIRAND_bytes\fR\|(3) +.SH "HISTORY" .IX Header "HISTORY" - +\&\fIBN_rand()\fR is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL. +\&\fIBN_pseudo_rand()\fR was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5. The \fBtop\fR == \-1 case +and the function \fIBN_rand_range()\fR were added in OpenSSL 0.9.6a. +\&\fIBN_pseudo_rand_range()\fR was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6c.