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3=head1 NAME
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5EVP_RAND-CRNG-TEST - The FIPS health testing EVP_RAND filter
6
7=head1 DESCRIPTION
8
9This B<EVP_RAND> object acts a filter between the entropy source
10and its users.  It performs CRNG health tests as defined in
11L<SP 800-90B|https://csrc.nist.gov/pubs/sp/800/90/b/final> Section 4 "Health
12Tests".  Most requests are forwarded to the entropy source, either via
13its parent reference or via the provider entropy upcalls.
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15=head2 Identity
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17"CRNG-TEST" is the name for this implementation; it can be used with the
18EVP_RAND_fetch() function.
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20=head2 Supported parameters
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22If a parent EVP_RAND is specified on context creation, the parent's
23parameters are supported because the request is forwarded to the parent
24seed source for processing.
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26If no parent EVP_RAND is specified on context creation, the following parameters
27are supported:
28
29=over 4
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31=item "state" (B<OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STATE>) <integer>
32
33=item "strength" (B<OSSL_RAND_PARAM_STRENGTH>) <unsigned integer>
34
35=item "max_request" (B<OSSL_RAND_PARAM_MAX_REQUEST>) <unsigned integer>
36
37These parameters work as described in L<EVP_RAND(3)/PARAMETERS>.
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39=item "fips-indicator" (B<OSSL_DRBG_PARAM_FIPS_APPROVED_INDICATOR>) <integer>
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41This parameter works as described in L<provider-rand(7)/PARAMETERS>.
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43=back
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45=head1 NOTES
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47This EVP_RAND is only implemented by the OpenSSL FIPS provider.
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49A context for a health test filter can be obtained by calling:
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51 EVP_RAND *parent = ...;
52 EVP_RAND *rand = EVP_RAND_fetch(NULL, "CRNG-TEST", NULL);
53 EVP_RAND_CTX *rctx = EVP_RAND_CTX_new(rand, parent);
54
55=head1 SEE ALSO
56
57L<EVP_RAND(3)>, L<OSSL_PROVIDER-FIPS(7)>
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59=head1 HISTORY
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61This functionality was added in OpenSSL 3.5.
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63=head1 COPYRIGHT
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65Copyright 2024 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
66
67Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
68this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
69in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
70L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.
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