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  135. .IX Title "RAND_ADD 3ossl"
  136. .TH RAND_ADD 3ossl "2024-09-03" "3.3.2" "OpenSSL"
  137. .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
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  140. .nh
  141. .SH "NAME"
  142. RAND_add, RAND_poll, RAND_seed, RAND_status, RAND_event, RAND_screen,
  143. RAND_keep_random_devices_open
  144. \&\- add randomness to the PRNG or get its status
  145. .SH "SYNOPSIS"
  146. .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
  147. .Vb 1
  148. \& #include <openssl/rand.h>
  149. \&
  150. \& int RAND_status(void);
  151. \& int RAND_poll();
  152. \&
  153. \& void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, double randomness);
  154. \& void RAND_seed(const void *buf, int num);
  155. \&
  156. \& void RAND_keep_random_devices_open(int keep);
  157. .Ve
  158. .PP
  159. The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 1.1.0, and can be
  160. hidden entirely by defining \fB\s-1OPENSSL_API_COMPAT\s0\fR with a suitable version value,
  161. see \fBopenssl_user_macros\fR\|(7):
  162. .PP
  163. .Vb 2
  164. \& int RAND_event(UINT iMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
  165. \& void RAND_screen(void);
  166. .Ve
  167. .SH "DESCRIPTION"
  168. .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
  169. These functions can be used to seed the random generator and to check its
  170. seeded state.
  171. In general, manual (re\-)seeding of the default OpenSSL random generator
  172. (\fBRAND_OpenSSL\fR\|(3)) is not necessary (but allowed), since it does (re\-)seed
  173. itself automatically using trusted system entropy sources.
  174. This holds unless the default \s-1RAND_METHOD\s0 has been replaced or OpenSSL was
  175. built with automatic reseeding disabled, see \s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7) for more details.
  176. .PP
  177. \&\fBRAND_status()\fR indicates whether or not the random generator has been sufficiently
  178. seeded. If not, functions such as \fBRAND_bytes\fR\|(3) will fail.
  179. .PP
  180. \&\fBRAND_poll()\fR uses the system's capabilities to seed the random generator using
  181. random input obtained from polling various trusted entropy sources.
  182. The default choice of the entropy source can be modified at build time,
  183. see \s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7) for more details.
  184. .PP
  185. \&\fBRAND_add()\fR mixes the \fBnum\fR bytes at \fBbuf\fR into the internal state
  186. of the random generator.
  187. This function will not normally be needed, as mentioned above.
  188. The \fBrandomness\fR argument is an estimate of how much randomness is
  189. contained in
  190. \&\fBbuf\fR, in bytes, and should be a number between zero and \fBnum\fR.
  191. Details about sources of randomness and how to estimate their randomness
  192. can be found in the literature; for example [\s-1NIST SP 800\-90B\s0].
  193. The content of \fBbuf\fR cannot be recovered from subsequent random generator output.
  194. Applications that intend to save and restore random state in an external file
  195. should consider using \fBRAND_load_file\fR\|(3) instead.
  196. .PP
  197. \&\s-1NOTE:\s0 In \s-1FIPS\s0 mode, random data provided by the application is not considered to
  198. be a trusted entropy source. It is mixed into the internal state of the \s-1RNG\s0 as
  199. additional data only and this does not count as a full reseed.
  200. For more details, see \s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(7).
  201. .PP
  202. \&\fBRAND_seed()\fR is equivalent to \fBRAND_add()\fR with \fBrandomness\fR set to \fBnum\fR.
  203. .PP
  204. \&\fBRAND_keep_random_devices_open()\fR is used to control file descriptor
  205. usage by the random seed sources. Some seed sources maintain open file
  206. descriptors by default, which allows such sources to operate in a
  207. \&\fBchroot\fR\|(2) jail without the associated device nodes being available. When
  208. the \fBkeep\fR argument is zero, this call disables the retention of file
  209. descriptors. Conversely, a nonzero argument enables the retention of
  210. file descriptors. This function is usually called during initialization
  211. and it takes effect immediately. This capability only applies to the default
  212. provider.
  213. .PP
  214. \&\fBRAND_event()\fR and \fBRAND_screen()\fR are equivalent to \fBRAND_poll()\fR and exist
  215. for compatibility reasons only. See \s-1HISTORY\s0 section below.
  216. .SH "RETURN VALUES"
  217. .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
  218. \&\fBRAND_status()\fR returns 1 if the random generator has been seeded
  219. with enough data, 0 otherwise.
  220. .PP
  221. \&\fBRAND_poll()\fR returns 1 if it generated seed data, 0 otherwise.
  222. .PP
  223. \&\fBRAND_event()\fR returns \fBRAND_status()\fR.
  224. .PP
  225. The other functions do not return values.
  226. .SH "SEE ALSO"
  227. .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
  228. \&\fBRAND_bytes\fR\|(3),
  229. \&\fBRAND_egd\fR\|(3),
  230. \&\fBRAND_load_file\fR\|(3),
  231. \&\s-1\fBRAND\s0\fR\|(7)
  232. \&\s-1\fBEVP_RAND\s0\fR\|(7)
  233. .SH "HISTORY"
  234. .IX Header "HISTORY"
  235. \&\fBRAND_event()\fR and \fBRAND_screen()\fR were deprecated in OpenSSL 1.1.0 and should
  236. not be used.
  237. .SH "COPYRIGHT"
  238. .IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
  239. Copyright 2000\-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
  240. .PP
  241. Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use
  242. this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
  243. in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at
  244. <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.