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Norbert Pocs adc73bfcb3 Docs: Clean up ENGINE mentions
Engines are removed and the documentation should reflect that, even with
deprecated and legacy API.

Resolves: https://github.com/openssl/project/issues/1366

Signed-off-by: Norbert Pocs <norbertp@openssl.org>

Reviewed-by: Eugene Syromiatnikov <esyr@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Saša Nedvědický <sashan@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Neil Horman <nhorman@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/29305)
2025-12-04 07:32:18 -05:00

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=pod
=head1 NAME
RAND_set_rand_method, RAND_get_rand_method, RAND_OpenSSL - select RAND method
=head1 SYNOPSIS
#include <openssl/rand.h>
The following functions have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, and can be
hidden entirely by defining B<OPENSSL_API_COMPAT> with a suitable version value,
see L<openssl_user_macros(7)>:
RAND_METHOD *RAND_OpenSSL(void);
int RAND_set_rand_method(const RAND_METHOD *meth);
const RAND_METHOD *RAND_get_rand_method(void);
=head1 DESCRIPTION
All of the functions described on this page are deprecated.
Applications should instead use L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)>,
L<EVP_RAND(3)> and L<EVP_RAND(7)>.
A B<RAND_METHOD> specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for random number
generation.
RAND_OpenSSL() returns the default B<RAND_METHOD> implementation by OpenSSL.
This implementation ensures that the PRNG state is unique for each thread.
RAND_set_rand_method() makes B<meth> the method for PRNG use.
RAND_get_rand_method() returns a pointer to the current B<RAND_METHOD>.
=head1 THE RAND_METHOD STRUCTURE
typedef struct rand_meth_st {
int (*seed)(const void *buf, int num);
int (*bytes)(unsigned char *buf, int num);
void (*cleanup)(void);
int (*add)(const void *buf, int num, double entropy);
int (*pseudorand)(unsigned char *buf, int num);
int (*status)(void);
} RAND_METHOD;
The fields point to functions that are used by, in order,
RAND_seed(), RAND_bytes(), internal RAND cleanup, RAND_add(), RAND_pseudo_rand()
and RAND_status().
Each pointer may be NULL if the function is not implemented.
=head1 RETURN VALUES
RAND_set_rand_method() returns 1 on success and 0 on failure.
RAND_get_rand_method() and RAND_OpenSSL() return pointers to the respective
methods.
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<EVP_RAND(3)>,
L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)>,
L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
L<EVP_RAND(7)>,
L<RAND(7)>
=head1 HISTORY
All of these functions were deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.
=head1 COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License"). You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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