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<p>EVP_RAND - the random bit generator</p>

<h1 id="SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</h1>

<pre><code>#include &lt;openssl/evp.h&gt;
#include &lt;rand.h&gt;</code></pre>

<h1 id="DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</h1>

<p>The default OpenSSL RAND method is based on the EVP_RAND classes to provide non-deterministic inputs to other cryptographic algorithms.</p>

<p>While the RAND API is the &#39;frontend&#39; which is intended to be used by application developers for obtaining random bytes, the EVP_RAND API serves as the &