Re: Plea for a new public OpenSSL RNG API
Richard Levitte <[email protected]>
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In message <[email protected]> on Tue, 29 Aug 2017 13:39:02 +0000, "Dr. Matthias St. Pierre" <[email protected]> said: Matthias.St.Pierre> Just a sudden inspiration: If the RAND_DRBG becomes a truly independent API it might be better to strip the RAND_ prefix and redesign the API such that one has Matthias.St.Pierre> Matthias.St.Pierre> - a DRBG_CTX structure for the data members Matthias.St.Pierre> - a DRBG_METHOD structure for its methods Matthias.St.Pierre> Matthias.St.Pierre> Would this look more OpenSSL-like to you? Yes. And per fairly recent recommendations to avoid cluttering the name space, that would be OSSL_DRGB_CTX and OSSL_DRGB_METHOD, btw. -- Richard Levitte [email protected] OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org/~levitte/ -- openssl-dev mailing list To unsubscribe: https://mta.openssl.org/mailman/listinfo/openssl-dev