Generate a pseudo‐random BIGNUM (deprecated; prefer BN_rand / BN_priv_rand).

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/bn.h>

[[deprecated]]
int
BN_pseudo_rand(
    BIGNUM* rnd,
    int bits,
    int top,
    int bottom);
Warning

Deprecated. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.

Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

Parameters

Name

Description

rnd

Destination BIGNUM.

bits

Desired bit length.

top

BN_RAND_TOP_* controlling the most‐significant bits.

bottom

BN_RAND_BOTTOM_* controlling parity of the least‐significant bit.

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