I'd like to add some question about this. 

 

What kind of RNG is implemented? Linear Congruential generator?

Is it another more sophisticated?

 

 

Thanks

Leonardo

De: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
Em nome de Prashanth kumar N
Enviada em: quinta-feira, 5 de abril de 2012 01:07
Para: [email protected]
Assunto: Re: Random number generator

 

You can use the below API's

 RAND_bytes() 
 
RAND_pseudo_bytes()

 

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:33 AM, Jeremy Farrell <[email protected]>
wrote:

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=openssl+random+number

> From: Alex Chen [mailto:[email protected]]

>
> There is a 'rand' command in the openssl command line tool to generate
> 'pseudo' random number generator.  But I cannot find the API from
> either the 'ssl' or 'crypto' man pages.
> Can someone point me to the API page if it is available?
>
> Is this RNG implementation different in the regular distribution  and
> the FIPS Object module?

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