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.Dd March 21, 2004
.Dt KRB5_GENERATE_RANDOM_BLOCK 3
.Os HEIMDAL
.Sh NAME
.Nm krb5_generate_random_block
.Nd Kerberos 5 random functions
.Sh LIBRARY
Kerberos 5 Library (libkrb5, -lkrb5)
.Sh SYNOPSIS
.In krb5.h
.Ft void
.Fo krb5_generate_random_block
.Fa "void *buf"
.Fa "size_t len"
.Fc
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Fn krb5_generate_random_block
generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random block into the buffer
.Fa buf
of length
.Fa len .
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr krb5 3 ,
.Xr krb5.conf 5