| 12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243 | /** * @file * Random number generator (RNG) module documentation file. * *  Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved *  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0 * *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may *  not use this file except in compliance with the License. *  You may obtain a copy of the License at * *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 * *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT *  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and *  limitations under the License. * *  This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org) *//** * @addtogroup rng_module Random number generator (RNG) module * * The Random number generator (RNG) module provides random number * generation, see \c mbedtls_ctr_drbg_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. */
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