1.. _mozilla_projects_nss_reference_fc_seedrandom: 2 3FC_SeedRandom 4============= 5 6`Name <#name>`__ 7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8 9.. container:: 10 11 ``FC_SeedRandom()`` - mix additional seed material into the random number generator. 12 13`Syntax <#syntax>`__ 14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 15 16.. container:: 17 18 .. code:: eval 19 20 CK_RV FC_SeedRandom( 21 CK_SESSION_HANDLE hSession, 22 CK_BYTE_PTR pSeed, 23 CK_ULONG usSeedLen 24 ); 25 26`Parameters <#parameters>`__ 27~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 28 29.. container:: 30 31 ``hSession`` 32 [in] session handle. 33 ``pSeed`` 34 [in] pointer to the seed material 35 ``usSeedLen`` 36 [in] length of the seed material in bytes. 37 38`Description <#description>`__ 39~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 40 41.. container:: 42 43 ``FC_SeedRandom()`` mixes additional seed material into the token's random number generator. Note 44 that ``FC_SeedRandom()`` doesn't provide the initial seed material for the random number 45 generator. The initial seed material is provided by the NSS cryptographic module itself. 46 47 | 48 | A user may call ``FC_SeedRandom()`` without logging into the token (to assume the NSS User 49 role). 50 51.. _return_value: 52 53`Return value <#return_value>`__ 54~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 55 56.. container:: 57 58`Examples <#examples>`__ 59~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 60 61.. container:: 62 63.. _see_also: 64 65`See also <#see_also>`__ 66~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 67 68.. container:: 69 70 - `NSC_SeedRandom </en-US/NSC_SeedRandom>`__