gnutls_rnd3
Api function
Usage
#include <gnutls/crypto.h>
int gnutls_rnd(gnutls_rnd_level_t level, void * data, size_t len);
Arguments
gnutls_rnd_level_t level
|
a security level |
|---|---|
void * data
|
place to store random bytes |
size_t len
|
The requested size |
Overview
This function will generate random data and store it to output buffer. The value of level should be one of GNUTLS_RND_NONCE, GNUTLS_RND_RANDOM and GNUTLS_RND_KEY. See the manual and gnutls_rnd_level_t for detailed information.
This function is thread-safe and also fork-safe.
Returns
Zero on success, or a negative error code on error.
Since
2.12.0
Releases
7 releases since Debian 8 (Jessie); the text changed 6 times.