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Updated: Wednesday, July 27, 2022
 
 

RAND_cleanup (3openssl)

Name

RAND_cleanup - erase the PRNG state

Synopsis

#include <openssl/rand.h>

void RAND_cleanup(void);

Description

RAND_cleanup(3openssl)              OpenSSL             RAND_cleanup(3openssl)



NAME
       RAND_cleanup - erase the PRNG state

SYNOPSIS
        #include <openssl/rand.h>

        void RAND_cleanup(void);

DESCRIPTION
       RAND_cleanup() erases the memory used by the PRNG.

RETURN VALUE
       RAND_cleanup() returns no value.


ATTRIBUTES
       See attributes(7) for descriptions of the following attributes:


       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE |     ATTRIBUTE VALUE      |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Availability   | library/security/openssl |
       +---------------+--------------------------+
       |Stability      | Pass-through uncommitted |
       +---------------+--------------------------+

SEE ALSO
       rand(3)

HISTORY
       RAND_cleanup() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.



NOTES
       Source code for open source software components in Oracle Solaris can
       be found at https://www.oracle.com/downloads/opensource/solaris-source-
       code-downloads.html.

       This software was built from source available at
       https://github.com/oracle/solaris-userland.  The original community
       source was downloaded from
       https://www.openssl.org/source/openssl-1.0.2ze.tar.gz.

       Further information about this software can be found on the open source
       community website at https://www.openssl.org/.



1.0.2ze                           2022-05-03            RAND_cleanup(3openssl)