1.9 CRYPT_RNG_Initialize Function

int CRYPT_RNG_Initialize(
CRYPT_RNG_CTX* rng
);

This function initializes the context that stores information relative to random number generation.

None.

• negative - An error occurred setting up the random number generator
• 0 - An invalid pointer was not passed to the function

None.

#define RANDOM_BYTE_SZ 32

int           ret;
CRYPT_RNG_CTX mcRng;
byte          out[RANDOM_BYTE_SZ];

ret = CRYPT_RNG_Initialize(&mcRng);
ret = CRYPT_RNG_Get(&mcRng, &out[0]);
ret = CRYPT_RNG_BlockGenerate(&mcRng, out, RANDOM_BYTE_SZ);
ret = CRYPT_RNG_Deinitialize(&mcRng);