gnutls_crypto_rnd_register(3)

gnutls_crypto_rnd_register3

Register a random generator

Usage

#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>

int gnutls_crypto_rnd_register(int priority, gnutls_crypto_rnd_st* s);

Arguments

int priority

is the priority of the generator

gnutls_crypto_rnd_st* s

is a structure holding new generator's data

Overview

This function will register a random generator to be used by gnutls. Any generator registered will override the included generator and by convention kernel implemented generators have priority of 90. The generator with the lowest priority will be used by gnutls.

This function should be called before gnutls_global_init().

Returns

GNUTLS_E_SUCCESS on success, otherwise an error.

Reporting bugs

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

From gnutls-doc 2.4.2-6+lenny2 in Debian 5.0 (Lenny). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.