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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 #if defined(__cplusplus)
38 extern "C" {
39 #endif
40
41 /*!
42 @typedef SecRandomRef
43 @abstract Reference to a (psuedo) random number generator.
44 */
45 typedef const struct __SecRandom * SecRandomRef;
46
47 /* This is a synonym for NULL, if you'd rather use a named constant. This
48 refers to a cryptographically secure random number generator. */
49 extern const SecRandomRef kSecRandomDefault
50 __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);
51
52 /*!
53 @function SecRandomCopyBytes
54 @abstract Return count random bytes in *bytes, allocated by the caller.
55 @result Return 0 on success or -1 if something went wrong, check errno
56 to find out the real error.
57 */
58 int SecRandomCopyBytes(SecRandomRef rnd, size_t count, uint8_t *bytes)
59 __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);
60
61
62 #if defined(__cplusplus)
63 }
64 #endif
65
66 #endif /* !_SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_ */