From 77039e648c8a62bfc4f0242531d5fd4874b29aad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guilherme Andrade Date: Sat, 18 Mar 2017 17:27:35 +0000 Subject: Support cryptographically strong rand plugin --- lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+) (limited to 'lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml') diff --git a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml index dc725a41be..7a5bd62c26 100644 --- a/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml +++ b/lib/crypto/doc/src/crypto.xml @@ -766,6 +766,35 @@ + + rand_seed() -> rand:state() + Strong random number generation plugin state> + + Creates state object for random number generation, + in order to generate cryptographically strong random numbers + (based on OpenSSL's BN_rand_range), + and saves it on process dictionary before returning it as well. + See also rand:seed/1 + +

Example

+
+crypto:rand_seed(),
+_IntegerValue = rand:uniform(42), % [1; 42]
+_FloatValue = rand:uniform().     % [0.0; 1.0]
+
+
+ + + rand_seed_s() -> rand:state() + Strong random number generation plugin state> + + Creates state object for random number generation, + in order to generate cryptographically strongly random numbers + (based on OpenSSL's BN_rand_range). + See also rand:seed_s/1 + + + stream_init(Type, Key) -> State -- cgit v1.2.3