This worked..Thanks a million. :-)
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allan E. Johannesen Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 6:32 PM To: openssl-users@openssl.org Subject: Random Number Generation in openssl >>>>> "ambarish_mitra" == Ambarish Mitra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ambarish_mitra> Hi all, I am trying to generate random numbers using openssl. I ambarish_mitra> am not using the ENGINE API, but using only the rand functions. ambarish_mitra> Code snippet: You correctly identify the buffer as unsigned char, but then you deal with it as if it was a NUL terminated string. Perhaps: r = RAND_bytes(buf, strlen(buf)); printf("random status: %d\n",r); printf("random number: [%s]\n",buf); Might be: r = RAND_bytes(buf, sizeof(buf)); printf("random status: %d\n",r); printf("random number: "); for (r = 0; r < sizeof(buf); r++) { printf("%02x" buf[r]); }; printf("\n"); Note that strlen won't work on an undefined, unsigned char, probably giving 0, which is the beginning of the trouble. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List openssl-users@openssl.org Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
