NAME

       ldns_init_random-

SYNOPSIS

       #include <stdint.h>
       #include <stdbool.h>

       #include <ldns/ldns.h>

       int ldns_init_random(FILE *fd, unsigned int size);

DESCRIPTION

       ldns_init_random()  Seed  the random function.  If the file descriptor is specified, the random generator
              is seeded with data from that file. If not, /dev/urandom is used.

              applications should call this if they need entropy data within ldns If openSSL is available, it is
              automatically seeded from /dev/urandom or /dev/random.

              If you need more entropy, or have no openssl available, this function MUST be called at the  start
              of the program

              If openssl *is* available, this function just adds more entropy

              fd: a file providing entropy data for the seed
              size:  the  number of bytes to use as entropy data. If this is 0, only the minimal amount is taken
              (usually 4 bytes)
              Returns 0 if seeding succeeds, 1 if it fails

AUTHOR

       The ldns team at NLnet Labs. Which consists out of Jelte Jansen and Miek Gieben.

REPORTING BUGS

       Please     report     bugs     to     ldns-team@nlnetlabs.nl     or     in      our      bugzilla      at
       http://www.nlnetlabs.nl/bugs/index.html

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2004 - 2006 NLnet Labs.

       Licensed  under  the  BSD  License.  There  is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
       PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

SEE ALSO

       ldns_sign_public, ldns_key.  And perldoc Net::DNS, RFC1034, RFC1035, RFC4033, RFC4034  and RFC4035.

REMARKS

       This manpage was automaticly generated from the ldns source code by use of Doxygen and some perl.

                                                   30 May 2006                                           ldns(3)