AI_MD5Random
122 RSA BSAFE Crypto-C Library Reference Manual
AI_MD5Random
Purpose:
This AI allows you to generate a stream of pseudo-random numbers which are
guaranteed to have a very high degree of randomness. Random numbers are used in
deriving public and private keys, initialization vectors, etc. This AI uses MD5 as an
underlying hashing function. The details of this algorithm are available from RSA
Laboratories' Bulletin #8 or online at
http://www.rsasecurity.com/rsalabs/
bulletins/
.
Other algorithms that can be used to generate pseudo-random numbers are
AI_MD2Random and AI_X962Random_V0.
Type of information this allows you to use:
the MD5-Random algorithm for generating pseudo-random numbers.
Format of info supplied to B_SetAlgorithmInfo:
NULL_PTR.
Format of info returned by B_GetAlgorithmInfo:
NULL_PTR.
Crypto-C procedures to use with algorithm object:
B_RandomInit, B_RandomUpdate, and B_GenerateRandomBytes, and as the
randomAlgorithm
argument to other procedures.
Algorithm methods to include in application’s algorithm chooser:
AM_MD5_RANDOM.
