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=pod
=head1 NAME
RAND_set_rand_method, RAND_get_rand_method, RAND_OpenSSL - select RAND method
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/rand.h>
void RAND_set_rand_method(const RAND_METHOD *meth);
const RAND_METHOD *RAND_get_rand_method(void);
RAND_METHOD *RAND_OpenSSL(void);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
A B<RAND_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for random number
generation. By modifying the method, alternative implementations such as
hardware RNGs may be used. IMPORTANT: See the NOTES section for important
information about how these RAND API functions are affected by the use of
B<ENGINE> API calls.
Initially, the default RAND_METHOD is the OpenSSL internal implementation, as
returned by RAND_OpenSSL().
RAND_set_default_method() makes B<meth> the method for PRNG use. B<NB>: This is
true only whilst no ENGINE has been set as a default for RAND, so this function
is no longer recommended.
RAND_get_default_method() returns a pointer to the current RAND_METHOD.
However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on whether the ENGINE
API is being used, so this function is no longer recommended.
=head1 THE RAND_METHOD STRUCTURE
typedef struct rand_meth_st
{
void (*seed)(const void *buf, int num);
int (*bytes)(unsigned char *buf, int num);
void (*cleanup)(void);
void (*add)(const void *buf, int num, int entropy);
int (*pseudorand)(unsigned char *buf, int num);
int (*status)(void);
} RAND_METHOD;
The components point to method implementations used by (or called by), in order,
RAND_seed(), RAND_bytes(), internal RAND cleanup, RAND_add(), RAND_pseudo_rand()
and RAND_status().
Each component may be NULL if the function is not implemented.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
RAND_set_rand_method() returns no value. RAND_get_rand_method() and
RAND_OpenSSL() return pointers to the respective methods.
=head1 NOTES
RAND_METHOD implementations are grouped together with other
algorithmic APIs (eg. RSA_METHOD, EVP_CIPHER, etc) in B<ENGINE> modules. If a
default ENGINE is specified for RAND functionality using an ENGINE API function,
that will override any RAND defaults set using the RAND API (ie.
RAND_set_rand_method()). For this reason, the ENGINE API is the recommended way
to control default implementations for use in RAND and other cryptographic
algorithms.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<rand(3)>, L<engine(3)>
=cut
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