sec/Security/SecRandom.h

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  23
  24 /*!
  25         @header SecRandom
  26         The functions provided in SecRandom.h implement high-level accessors
  27     to cryptographically secure random numbers.
  28 */
  29
  30 #ifndef _SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_
  31 #define _SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_
  32
  33 #include <Security/SecBase.h>
  34 #include <stdint.h>
  35 #include <sys/types.h>
  36
  37 __BEGIN_DECLS
  38
  39 /*!
  40     @typedef SecRandomRef
  41     @abstract Reference to a (psuedo) random number generator.
  42 */
  43 typedef const struct __SecRandom * SecRandomRef;
  44
  45 /* This is a synonym for NULL, if you'd rather use a named constant.   This
  46    refers to a cryptographically secure random number generator.  */
  47 extern const SecRandomRef kSecRandomDefault
  48     __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);
  49
  50 /*!
  51         @function SecRandomCopyBytes
  52         @abstract Return count random bytes in *bytes, allocated by the caller.
  53         @result Return 0 on success or -1 if something went wrong, check errno
  54     to find out the real error.
  55 */
  56 int SecRandomCopyBytes(SecRandomRef rnd, size_t count, uint8_t *bytes)
  57     __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);
  58
  59 __END_DECLS
  60
  61 #endif /* !_SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_ */