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Title "BN_RAND 3" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
way too many mistakes in technical documents.
BN_rand_ex, BN_rand, BN_priv_rand_ex, BN_priv_rand, BN_pseudo_rand, BN_rand_range_ex, BN_rand_range, BN_priv_rand_range_ex, BN_priv_rand_range, BN_pseudo_rand_range \- generate pseudo-random number Header "SYNOPSIS" .Vb 1 #include <openssl/bn.h> \& int BN_rand_ex(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom, unsigned int strength, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom); \& int BN_priv_rand_ex(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom, unsigned int strength, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_priv_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom); \& int BN_rand_range_ex(BIGNUM *rnd, const BIGNUM *range, unsigned int strength, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, const BIGNUM *range); \& int BN_priv_rand_range_ex(BIGNUM *rnd, const BIGNUM *range, unsigned int strength, BN_CTX *ctx); int BN_priv_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, const BIGNUM *range); .Ve

The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be hidden entirely by defining \s-1OPENSSL_API_COMPAT\s0 with a suitable version value, see openssl_user_macros\|(7):

.Vb 2 int BN_pseudo_rand(BIGNUM *rnd, int bits, int top, int bottom); int BN_pseudo_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, const BIGNUM *range); .Ve

Header "DESCRIPTION" \fBBN_rand_ex() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of bits in length and security strength at least strength bits using the random number generator for the library context associated with \fIctx. The function stores the generated data in rnd. The parameter ctx may be \s-1NULL\s0 in which case the default library context is used. If bits is less than zero, or too small to accommodate the requirements specified by the top and bottom parameters, an error is returned. The top parameters specifies requirements on the most significant bit of the generated number. If it is \s-1BN_RAND_TOP_ANY\s0, there is no constraint. If it is \s-1BN_RAND_TOP_ONE\s0, the top bit must be one. If it is \s-1BN_RAND_TOP_TWO\s0, the two most significant bits of the number will be set to 1, so that the product of two such random numbers will always have 2*bits length. If bottom is \s-1BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ODD\s0, the number will be odd; if it is \s-1BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ANY\s0 it can be odd or even. If bits is 1 then top cannot also be \s-1BN_RAND_TOP_TWO\s0.

\fBBN_rand() is the same as BN_rand_ex() except that the default library context is always used.

\fBBN_rand_range_ex() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number rnd, of security strength at least strength bits, in the range 0 <= rnd < range using the random number generator for the library context associated with ctx. The parameter ctx may be \s-1NULL\s0 in which case the default library context is used.

\fBBN_rand_range() is the same as BN_rand_range_ex() except that the default library context is always used.

\fBBN_priv_rand_ex(), BN_priv_rand(), BN_priv_rand_rand_ex() and \fBBN_priv_rand_range() have the same semantics as BN_rand_ex(), BN_rand(), \fBBN_rand_range_ex() and BN_rand_range() respectively. They are intended to be used for generating values that should remain private, and mirror the same difference between RAND_bytes\|(3) and RAND_priv_bytes\|(3).

Header "NOTES" Always check the error return value of these functions and do not take randomness for granted: an error occurs if the \s-1CSPRNG\s0 has not been seeded with enough randomness to ensure an unpredictable byte sequence. Header "RETURN VALUES" The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error. The error codes can be obtained by ERR_get_error\|(3). Header "SEE ALSO" \fBERR_get_error\|(3), \fBRAND_add\|(3), \fBRAND_bytes\|(3), \fBRAND_priv_bytes\|(3), \s-1RAND\s0\|(7), \s-1EVP_RAND\s0\|(7) Header "HISTORY" Starting with OpenSSL release 1.1.0, BN_pseudo_rand() has been identical to BN_rand() and BN_pseudo_rand_range() has been identical to \fBBN_rand_range(). The BN_pseudo_rand() and BN_pseudo_rand_range() functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0. The BN_priv_rand() and BN_priv_rand_range() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.1. The BN_rand_ex(), BN_priv_rand_ex(), BN_rand_range_ex() and \fBBN_priv_rand_range_ex() functions were added in OpenSSL 3.0. Header "COPYRIGHT" Copyright 2000-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the \*(L"License\*(R"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file \s-1LICENSE\s0 in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.