[#RAND_set_rand_method]
= RAND_set_rand_method
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Install the legacy RAND_METHOD used by RAND_bytes and related APIs (deprecated).

== Synopsis

Declared in `<openssl/rand.h>`

[source,cpp,subs="verbatim,replacements,macros,-callouts"]
----
[[deprecated]]
int
RAND_set_rand_method(xref:RAND_METHOD.adoc[RAND_METHOD] const* meth);
----

[WARNING]
====
https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
====
== Return Value

1 on success, or 0 on failure.

== Parameters

[cols="1,4"]
|===
| Name| Description
| *meth*
| Method table to make current, or NULL to clear.
|===


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