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136 .IX Title "RAND_add 3"
137 .TH RAND_add 3 "2000-03-22" "1.1.0-dev" "OpenSSL"
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143 RAND_add, RAND_seed, RAND_status, RAND_event, RAND_screen \- add
148 .IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
150 \& #include <openssl/rand.h>
152 \& void RAND_seed(const void *buf, int num);
154 \& void RAND_add(const void *buf, int num, double entropy);
156 \& int RAND_status(void);
158 \& int RAND_event(UINT iMsg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
159 \& void RAND_screen(void);
162 .IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
163 \&\fIRAND_add()\fR mixes the \fBnum\fR bytes at \fBbuf\fR into the \s-1PRNG\s0 state. Thus,
164 if the data at \fBbuf\fR are unpredictable to an adversary, this
165 increases the uncertainty about the state and makes the \s-1PRNG\s0 output
166 less predictable. Suitable input comes from user interaction (random
167 key presses, mouse movements) and certain hardware events. The
168 \&\fBentropy\fR argument is (the lower bound of) an estimate of how much
169 randomness is contained in \fBbuf\fR, measured in bytes. Details about
170 sources of randomness and how to estimate their entropy can be found
171 in the literature, e.g. \s-1RFC\s0 1750.
173 \&\fIRAND_add()\fR may be called with sensitive data such as user entered
174 passwords. The seed values cannot be recovered from the \s-1PRNG\s0 output.
176 OpenSSL makes sure that the \s-1PRNG\s0 state is unique for each thread. On
177 systems that provide \f(CW\*(C`/dev/urandom\*(C'\fR, the randomness device is used
178 to seed the \s-1PRNG\s0 transparently. However, on all other systems, the
179 application is responsible for seeding the \s-1PRNG\s0 by calling \fIRAND_add()\fR,
180 \&\fIRAND_egd\fR\|(3)
181 or \fIRAND_load_file\fR\|(3).
183 \&\fIRAND_seed()\fR is equivalent to \fIRAND_add()\fR when \fBnum == entropy\fR.
185 \&\fIRAND_event()\fR collects the entropy from Windows events such as mouse
186 movements and other user interaction. It should be called with the
187 \&\fBiMsg\fR, \fBwParam\fR and \fBlParam\fR arguments of \fIall\fR messages sent to
188 the window procedure. It will estimate the entropy contained in the
189 event message (if any), and add it to the \s-1PRNG\s0. The program can then
190 process the messages as usual.
192 The \fIRAND_screen()\fR function is available for the convenience of Windows
193 programmers. It adds the current contents of the screen to the \s-1PRNG\s0.
194 For applications that can catch Windows events, seeding the \s-1PRNG\s0 by
195 calling \fIRAND_event()\fR is a significantly better source of
196 randomness. It should be noted that both methods cannot be used on
197 servers that run without user interaction.
199 .IX Header "RETURN VALUES"
200 \&\fIRAND_status()\fR and \fIRAND_event()\fR return 1 if the \s-1PRNG\s0 has been seeded
201 with enough data, 0 otherwise.
203 The other functions do not return values.
205 .IX Header "SEE ALSO"
206 \&\fIopenssl_rand\fR\|(3), \fIRAND_egd\fR\|(3),
207 \&\fIRAND_load_file\fR\|(3), \fIRAND_cleanup\fR\|(3)
210 \&\fIRAND_seed()\fR and \fIRAND_screen()\fR are available in all versions of SSLeay
211 and OpenSSL. \fIRAND_add()\fR and \fIRAND_status()\fR have been added in OpenSSL
212 0.9.5, \fIRAND_event()\fR in OpenSSL 0.9.5a.