mbedtls/doxygen/input/doc_rng.h

/**
 * @file
 * Random number generator (RNG) module documentation file.
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/**
 * @addtogroup rng_module Random number generator (RNG) module
 *
 * The Random number generator (RNG) module provides random number
 * generation, see \c ctr_dbrg_random().
 *
 * The block-cipher counter-mode based deterministic random
 * bit generator (CTR_DBRG) as specified in NIST SP800-90. It needs an external
 * source of entropy. For these purposes \c mbedtls_entropy_func() can be used. This is
 * an implementation based on a simple entropy accumulator design.
 *
 * The other number generator that is included is less strong and uses the HAVEGE
 * (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion) software heuristic
 * which considered unsafe for primary usage, but provides additional random
 * to the entropy pool if enables.
 *
 * \* Meaning that there seems to be no practical algorithm that can guess
 * the next bit with a probability larger than 1/2 in an output sequence.
 *
 * This module can be used to generate random numbers.
 */