SecRandom.h   [plain text]


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/*!
	@header SecRandom
	The functions provided in SecRandom.h implement high-level accessors
    to cryptographically secure random numbers.
*/

#ifndef _SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_
#define _SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_

#include <Security/SecBase.h>
#include <stdint.h>
#include <sys/types.h>

#if defined(__cplusplus)
extern "C" {
#endif

/*!
    @typedef SecRandomRef
    @abstract Reference to a (psuedo) random number generator.
*/
typedef const struct __SecRandom * SecRandomRef;

/* This is a synonym for NULL, if you'd rather use a named constant.   This
   refers to a cryptographically secure random number generator.  */
extern const SecRandomRef kSecRandomDefault
    __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);

/*!
	@function SecRandomCopyBytes
	@abstract Return count random bytes in *bytes, allocated by the caller.
	@result Return 0 on success or -1 if something went wrong, check errno
    to find out the real error.
*/
int SecRandomCopyBytes(SecRandomRef rnd, size_t count, uint8_t *bytes)
    __OSX_AVAILABLE_STARTING(__MAC_10_7, __IPHONE_2_0);

	
#if defined(__cplusplus)
}
#endif

#endif /* !_SECURITY_SECRANDOM_H_ */