Hello,

I'm a complete newbie when it comes to OpenSSL's internals and
cryptographic standards, and this is my first post to the list, so
please forgive my ignorance.

I was searching for information on whether OpenSSL had any random
number generators that complied with NIST 800-90, and I came across a
few messages on this list that mentioned that it did have such a
module somewhere. However, the thread ended with a question asking
where those modules could be found, which had no answer. So, I'm
asking it again. Is there a NIST 800-90 compliant RNG module for
OpenSSL? If so, where could I find it? Or is this module that was
mentioned the third-party implementation that was linked a few
messages previous (http://henric.info/random/) ?

I did find the "FIPS Canister" module, which is supposed to comply
with FIPS 140-2, but, honestly, I'm not familiar enough with either
standard to know whether they are related or not. Would the random
number generator from the FIPS canister (AES-based) be the one I'm
looking for?

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