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-rw-r--r--src/core/rng.cpp8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/core/rng.cpp b/src/core/rng.cpp
index d4ef37b5e..3790f3c4e 100644
--- a/src/core/rng.cpp
+++ b/src/core/rng.cpp
@@ -80,14 +80,14 @@ byte RandomNumberGenerator::next_byte()
*************************************************/
RandomNumberGenerator* RandomNumberGenerator::make_rng()
{
-#if !defined(BOTAN_HAS_RANDPOOL)
- return 0;
-#else
+#if defined(BOTAN_HAS_RANDPOOL)
+ /* Randpool is required for make_rng to work */
RandomNumberGenerator* rng = new Randpool(get_block_cipher("AES-256"),
get_mac("HMAC(SHA-256)"));
+ /* If X9.31 is available, wrap the Randpool algorithm in it */
#if defined(BOTAN_HAS_X931_RNG)
rng = new ANSI_X931_RNG(get_block_cipher("AES-256"), rng);
#endif
@@ -142,6 +142,8 @@ RandomNumberGenerator* RandomNumberGenerator::make_rng()
return rng;
#endif
+
+ throw Algorithm_Not_Found("RandomNumberGenerator::make_rng - no RNG object available");
}
}