osrng.h File Reference

Classes for access to the operating system's random number generators. More...

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Classes
class	OS_RNG_Err
	Exception thrown when an operating system error is encountered. More...
class	MicrosoftCryptoProvider
class	NonblockingRng
	Wrapper class for /dev/random and /dev/srandom. More...
class	BlockingRng
	Wrapper class for /dev/random and /dev/srandom. More...
class	AutoSeededRandomPool
	Automatically Seeded Randomness Pool. More...
class	AutoSeededX917RNG< BLOCK_CIPHER >
	Automatically Seeded X9.17 RNG. More...
class	DefaultAutoSeededRNG
	A typedef providing a default generator. More...

Functions
CRYPTOPP_DLL void	OS_GenerateRandomBlock (bool blocking, byte *output, size_t size)
	OS_GenerateRandomBlock. More...

Variables
	AutoSeededX917RNG< AES >

Detailed Description

Classes for access to the operating system's random number generators.

Definition in file osrng.h.

Function Documentation

OS_GenerateRandomBlock()

CRYPTOPP_DLL void OS_GenerateRandomBlock	(	bool	blocking,
		byte *	output,
		size_t	size
	)

OS_GenerateRandomBlock.

Generate random array of bytes

Parameters

blocking	specifies whether a blocking or non-blocking generator should be used
output	the byte buffer
size	the length of the buffer, in bytes

OS_GenerateRandomBlock() uses the underlying operating system's random number generator. On Windows, CryptGenRandom() is called using NonblockingRng.

On Unix and compatibles, /dev/urandom is called if blocking is false using NonblockingRng. If blocking is true, then either /dev/randomd or /dev/srandom is used by way of BlockingRng, if available.

Variable Documentation

AutoSeededX917RNG< AES >

AutoSeededX917RNG< AES >

Definition at line 274 of file osrng.h.