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EVP_RAND-SEED-SRC(7) OpenSSL EVP_RAND-SEED-SRC(7) NAME EVP_RAND-SEED-SRC - The randomness seed source EVP_RAND implementation DESCRIPTION Support for deterministic random number generator seeding through the EVP_RAND API. The seed sources used are specified at the time OpenSSL is configured for building using the --with-rand-seed= option. By default, operating system randomness sources are used. Identity "SEED-SRC" is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the EVP_RAND_fetch() function. Supported parameters The supported parameters are: "state" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STATE) <integer> "strength" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STRENGTH) <unsigned integer> "max_request" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_MAX_REQUEST) <unsigned integer> These parameters work as described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_RAND(3). NOTES A context for the seed source can be obtained by calling: EVP_RAND *rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "SEED-SRC", NULL); EVP_RAND_CTX *rctx = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand); EXAMPLES EVP_RAND *rand; EVP_RAND_CTX *seed, *rctx; unsigned char bytes[100]; OSSL_PARAM params[2], *p = params; unsigned int strength = 128; /* Create a seed source */ rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "SEED-SRC", NULL); seed = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand, NULL); EVP_RAND_free(rand); /* Feed this into a DRBG */ rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "CTR-DRBG", NULL); rctx = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand, seed); EVP_RAND_free(rand); /* Configure the DRBG */ *p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_CIPHER, SN_aes_256_ctr, 0); *p = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end(); EVP_RAND_instantiate(rctx, strength, 0, NULL, 0, params); EVP_RAND_generate(rctx, bytes, sizeof(bytes), strength, 0, NULL, 0); EVP_RAND_CTX_free(rctx); EVP_RAND_CTX_free(seed); SEE ALSO EVP_RAND(3), "PARAMETERS" in EVP_RAND(3) COPYRIGHT Copyright 2020-2021 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 <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>. 3.0.12 2023-05-07 EVP_RAND-SEED-SRC(7)