| =pod |
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| =head1 NAME |
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| rand - generate pseudo-random bytes |
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| =head1 SYNOPSIS |
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| B<openssl rand> |
| [B<-out> I<file>] |
| [B<-rand> I<file(s)>] |
| [B<-base64>] |
| I<num> |
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| =head1 DESCRIPTION |
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| The B<rand> command outputs I<num> pseudo-random bytes after seeding |
| the random number generater once. As in other B<openssl> command |
| line tools, PRNG seeding uses the file I<$HOME/>B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> |
| in addition to the files given in the B<-rand> option. A new |
| I<$HOME>/B<.rnd> or B<.rnd> file will be written back if enough |
| seeding was obtained from these sources. |
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| =head1 OPTIONS |
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| =over 4 |
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| =item B<-out> I<file> |
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| Write to I<file> instead of standard output. |
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| =item B<-rand> I<file(s)> |
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| Use specified file or files or EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>) |
| for seeding the random number generator. |
| Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. |
| The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for |
| all others. |
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| =item B<-base64> |
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| Perform base64 encoding on the output. |
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| =back |
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| =head1 SEE ALSO |
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| L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)> |
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| =cut |
