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59 .Nm BN_pseudo_rand_range
60 .Nd generate pseudo-random number
83 .Fo BN_pseudo_rand_range
89 generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of
91 in length and stores it in
95 is -1, the most significant bit of the random number can be zero.
98 is 0, it is set to 1, and if
100 is 1, the two most significant bits of the number will be set to 1, so
101 that the product of two such random numbers will always have
106 is true, the number will be odd.
109 must be zero or greater.
117 does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by this function are
118 not necessarily unpredictable.
119 They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes
120 in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
123 generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number
126 .Fa rnd No < Fa range .
127 .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range
128 does the same, but is based on
130 and hence numbers generated by it are not necessarily unpredictable.
132 The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error.
133 The error codes can be obtained by
134 .Xr ERR_get_error 3 .
137 .Xr ERR_get_error 3 ,
142 is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
144 was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5.
147 == -1 case and the function
149 were added in OpenSSL 0.9.6a.
150 .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range
151 was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6c.