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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
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