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Diffstat (limited to 'src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h | 15 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h b/src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h index 4f96af816..11d355d70 100644 --- a/src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h +++ b/src/lib/rng/hmac_drbg/hmac_drbg.h @@ -36,10 +36,14 @@ class BOTAN_DLL HMAC_DRBG final : public Stateful_RNG /** * Initialize an HMAC_DRBG instance with the given MAC as PRF (normally HMAC) * + * Automatic reseeding from @p underlying_rng will take place after + * @p reseed_interval many requests or after a fork was detected. + * + * @param prf MAC to use as a PRF * @param underlying_rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used * to perform the periodic reseeding * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times - * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed. + * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed */ HMAC_DRBG(std::unique_ptr<MessageAuthenticationCode> prf, RandomNumberGenerator& underlying_rng, @@ -48,6 +52,10 @@ class BOTAN_DLL HMAC_DRBG final : public Stateful_RNG /** * Initialize an HMAC_DRBG instance with the given MAC as PRF (normally HMAC) * + * Automatic reseeding from @p entropy_sources will take place after + * @p reseed_interval many requests or after a fork was detected. + * + * @param prf MAC to use as a PRF * @param entropy_sources will be polled to perform reseeding periodically * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times * the RNG will be called before automatic reseeding is performed. @@ -59,6 +67,11 @@ class BOTAN_DLL HMAC_DRBG final : public Stateful_RNG /** * Initialize an HMAC_DRBG instance with the given MAC as PRF (normally HMAC) * + * Automatic reseeding from @p underlying_rng and @p entropy_sources + * will take place after @p reseed_interval many requests or after + * a fork was detected. + * + * @param prf MAC to use as a PRF * @param underlying_rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used * to perform the periodic reseeding * @param entropy_sources will be polled to perform reseeding periodically |