random.h

bind-3.2.

/*
 * Copyright (C) 1999-2001  Internet Software Consortium.
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/* $Id: random.h,v 1.11 2001/01/09 21:57:23 bwelling Exp $ */

#ifndef ISC_RANDOM_H
#define ISC_RANDOM_H 1

#include <isc/lang.h>
#include <isc/types.h>

/*
 * Implements a random state pool which will let the caller return a
 * series of possibly non-reproducable random values.  Note that the
 * strength of these numbers is not all that high, and should not be
 * used in cryptography functions.  It is useful for jittering values
 * a bit here and there, such as timeouts, etc.
 */

ISC_LANG_BEGINDECLS

void
isc_random_seed(isc_uint32_t seed);
/*
 * Set the initial seed of the random state.
 */

void
isc_random_get(isc_uint32_t *val);
/*
 * Get a random value.
 *
 * Requires:
 *	val != NULL.
 */

isc_uint32_t
isc_random_jitter(isc_uint32_t max, isc_uint32_t jitter);
/*
 * Get a random value between (max - jitter) and (max).
 * This is useful for jittering timer values.
 */

ISC_LANG_ENDDECLS

#endif /* ISC_RANDOM_H */