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KRB5 (Kerberos V5) Application Programming Interface

krb5_c_random_make_octets Create random data

krb5_c_string_to_key Convert a string to a key

krb5_c_random_seed -- Get a random seed 

C Prototype 

krb5_error_code Krb5_c_random_seed (
        krb5_context    context,
        krb5_data       *data );

Arguments 

context (input/output)		The context structure.
data (output)		The random seed.

Description 

This routine creates a random seed from sources of entropy available to the crypto routines.

Return Values 

This routine returns the following KRB5 status codes:

0	Successful completion.
KRB5_CRYPTO_INTERNAL	Cryptosystem internal error.

krb5_c_random_make_octets Create random data

krb5_c_string_to_key Convert a string to a key