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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_c_make_checksum Compute a checksum

krb5_c_random_make_octets Create random data

krb5_c_make_random_key -- Generate a random key 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code krb5_c_make_random_key (
        krb5_context            context,
        krb5_enctype            enctype,
        krb5_keyblock           *random_key );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
enctype (input)		The encryption type to use in generating the key.
random_key (output)		The random key.

Description 

This routine generates a random key for a given encryption type.

Return Values 

This routine returns the following KRB5 status codes:

KRB5_BAD_ENCTYPE	Bad encryption type.
ENOMEM	Insufficient memory.

krb5_c_make_checksum Compute a checksum

krb5_c_random_make_octets Create random data