/** * \file doc_rng.h * * \brief Random number generator (RNG) module documentation file. */ /* * * Copyright The Mbed TLS Contributors * 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. */ /** * @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. * * 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. */