1.\" $NetBSD: krb5_generate_random_block.3,v 1.1.1.2 2011/04/14 14:09:23 elric Exp $ 2.\" 3.\" Copyright (c) 2004 Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan 4.\" (Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden). 5.\" All rights reserved. 6.\" 7.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 8.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 9.\" are met: 10.\" 11.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 12.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 13.\" 14.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 15.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 16.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 17.\" 18.\" 3. Neither the name of the Institute nor the names of its contributors 19.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 20.\" without specific prior written permission. 21.\" 22.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE INSTITUTE AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 23.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 24.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 25.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE INSTITUTE OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 26.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 27.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 28.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 29.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 30.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 31.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 32.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 33.\" 34.\" Id 35.\" 36.Dd March 21, 2004 37.Dt KRB5_GENERATE_RANDOM_BLOCK 3 38.Os 39.Sh NAME 40.Nm krb5_generate_random_block 41.Nd Kerberos 5 random functions 42.Sh LIBRARY 43Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5) 44.Sh SYNOPSIS 45.In krb5/krb5.h 46.Ft void 47.Fo krb5_generate_random_block 48.Fa "void *buf" 49.Fa "size_t len" 50.Fc 51.Sh DESCRIPTION 52.Fn krb5_generate_random_block 53generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random block into the buffer 54.Fa buf 55of length 56.Fa len . 57.Sh SEE ALSO 58.Xr krb5 3 , 59.Xr krb5.conf 5 60