/*
- silcrng.h
+ silcrng.h
Author: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@silcnet.org>
- Copyright (C) 1997 - 2002 Pekka Riikonen
+ Copyright (C) 1997 - 2003 Pekka Riikonen
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
/****s* silccrypt/SilcRNGAPI/SilcRng
*
* NAME
- *
+ *
* typedef struct SilcRngStruct *SilcRng;
*
* DESCRIPTION
* DESCRIPTION
*
* Returns random string in HEX form of the length of `len' bytes.
- * The caller must free returned data buffer.
+ * The caller must free returned data buffer. It is guaranteed the
+ * data string goes not include any zero (0x00) bytes.
*
***/
unsigned char *silc_rng_get_rn_string(SilcRng rng, SilcUInt32 len);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * Returns random binary data of the length of `len' bytes. The
- * caller must free returned data buffer.
+ * Returns random binary data of the length of `len' bytes. The
+ * caller must free returned data buffer. It is guaranteed the data
+ * buffer does not include any zero (0x00) bytes.
*
***/
unsigned char *silc_rng_get_rn_data(SilcRng rng, SilcUInt32 len);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * Add the data buffer indicated by `buffer' of length of `len' bytes
+ * Add the data buffer indicated by `buffer' of length of `len' bytes
* as noise to the random number generator. The random number generator
* is restirred (reseeded) when this function is called.
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
* Returns random string in HEX form of the length of `len' bytes.
- * The caller must free returned data buffer.
+ * The caller must free returned data buffer. It is guaranteed the
+ * data string goes not include any zero (0x00) bytes.
*
***/
unsigned char *silc_rng_global_get_rn_string(SilcUInt32 len);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * Returns random binary data of the length of `len' bytes. The
- * caller must free returned data buffer.
+ * Returns random binary data of the length of `len' bytes. The
+ * caller must free returned data buffer. It is guaranteed the data
+ * buffer does not include any zero (0x00) bytes.
*
***/
unsigned char *silc_rng_global_get_rn_data(SilcUInt32 len);
*
* DESCRIPTION
*
- * Add the data buffer indicated by `buffer' of length of `len' bytes
+ * Add the data buffer indicated by `buffer' of length of `len' bytes
* as noise to the random number generator. The random number generator
* is restirred (reseeded) when this function is called.
*