is -1. This is only used by &quot;fips186_4&quot; and &quot;fips186_2&quot; key generation.</p>

</dd>
<dt id="hexseed:seed1"><b>hexseed</b>:<i>seed</i></dt>
<dd>

<p>The seed <i>seed</i> data to use instead of generating a random seed internally. This should be used for testing purposes only. This will either produced fixed values for the generated parameters OR it will fail if the seed did not generate valid primes. This is only used by &quot;fips186_4&quot; and &quot;fips186_2&quot; key generation.</p>

