/** * \file rand.h * \brief Random number generator. * * SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT */ #ifndef OQS_RANDOM_H #define OQS_RANDOM_H #include #include #include #include #if defined(__cplusplus) extern "C" { #endif /** Algorithm identifier for system PRNG. */ #define OQS_RAND_alg_system "system" /** Algorithm identifier for using OpenSSL's PRNG. */ #define OQS_RAND_alg_openssl "OpenSSL" /** * Switches OQS_randombytes to use the specified algorithm. * * @warning In case you have set a custom algorithm using `OQS_randombytes_custom_algorithm` * before, this function will overwrite it again. Hence, you have to set your custom * algorithm again after calling this function. * * @param[in] algorithm The name of the algorithm to use. * @return OQS_SUCCESS if `algorithm` is a supported algorithm name, OQS_ERROR otherwise. */ OQS_API OQS_STATUS OQS_randombytes_switch_algorithm(const char *algorithm); /** * Switches OQS_randombytes to use the given function. * * This allows additional custom RNGs besides the provided ones. The provided RNG * function must have the same signature as `OQS_randombytes`. * * @param[in] algorithm_ptr Pointer to the RNG function to use. */ OQS_API void OQS_randombytes_custom_algorithm(void (*algorithm_ptr)(uint8_t *, size_t)); /** * Fills the given memory with the requested number of (pseudo)random bytes. * * This implementation uses whichever algorithm has been selected by * OQS_randombytes_switch_algorithm. The default is OQS_randombytes_system, which * reads bytes from a system specific default source. * * The caller is responsible for providing a buffer allocated with sufficient room. * * @param[out] random_array Pointer to the memory to fill with (pseudo)random bytes * @param[in] bytes_to_read The number of random bytes to read into memory */ OQS_API void OQS_randombytes(uint8_t *random_array, size_t bytes_to_read); #if defined(__cplusplus) } // extern "C" #endif #endif // OQS_RANDOM_H