NAME

       EVP_RAND-CTR-DRBG - The CTR DRBG EVP_RAND implementation

DESCRIPTION

       Support for the counter deterministic random bit generator through the EVP_RAND API.

   Identity
       "CTR-DRBG" is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the EVP_RAND_fetch() function.

   Supported parameters
       The supported parameters are:

       "state" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STATE) <integer>
       "strength" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STRENGTH) <unsigned integer>
       "max_request" (OSSL_RAND_PARAM_MAX_REQUEST) <unsigned integer>
       "reseed_requests" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_RESEED_REQUESTS) <unsigned integer>
       "reseed_time_interval" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_RESEED_TIME_INTERVAL) <integer>
       "min_entropylen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MIN_ENTROPYLEN) <unsigned integer>
       "max_entropylen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MAX_ENTROPYLEN) <unsigned integer>
       "min_noncelen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MIN_NONCELEN) <unsigned integer>
       "max_noncelen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MAX_NONCELEN) <unsigned integer>
       "max_perslen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MAX_PERSLEN) <unsigned integer>
       "max_adinlen" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_MAX_ADINLEN) <unsigned integer>
       "reseed_counter" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_RESEED_COUNTER) <unsigned integer>
       "properties" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_PROPERTIES) <UTF8 string>
       "cipher" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_CIPHER) <UTF8 string>
           These parameters work as described in "PARAMETERS" in EVP_RAND(3).

       "use_derivation_function" (OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_USE_DF) <integer>
           This Boolean indicates if a derivation function should be used or not.  A nonzero value (the default)
           uses the derivation function.  A zero value does not.

NOTES

       A context for CTR DRBG can be obtained by calling:

        EVP_RAND *rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "CTR-DRBG", NULL);
        EVP_RAND_CTX *rctx = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand, NULL);

       The  default CTR-DRBG implementation attempts to fetch the required internal algorithms from the provider
       they are built into (eg the default provider) regardless of the properties provided. Should the  provider
       not implement the required algorithms then properties will be used to find a different implementation.

EXAMPLES

        EVP_RAND *rand;
        EVP_RAND_CTX *rctx;
        unsigned char bytes[100];
        OSSL_PARAM params[2], *p = params;
        unsigned int strength = 128;

        rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "CTR-DRBG", NULL);
        rctx = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand, NULL);
        EVP_RAND_free(rand);

        *p++ = OSSL_PARAM_construct_utf8_string(OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_CIPHER,
                                                SN_aes_256_ctr, 0);
        *p = OSSL_PARAM_construct_end();
        EVP_RAND_instantiate(rctx, strength, 0, NULL, 0, params);

        EVP_RAND_generate(rctx, bytes, sizeof(bytes), strength, 0, NULL, 0);

        EVP_RAND_CTX_free(rctx);

CONFORMING TO

       NIST SP 800-90A and SP 800-90B

SEE ALSO

       EVP_RAND(3), "PARAMETERS" in EVP_RAND(3)

COPYRIGHT

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3.5.0                                              2025-06-04                            EVP_RAND-CTR-DRBG(7SSL)