max length of randomLen for C_GenerateRandom
Florent <[email protected]> Thu, 20 Apr 2017 16:42:33 +0200
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Hello, I have in mind to use a smartcard or a hardware hsm as a random number generator via the PKCS#11 C_GenerateRandom function. However I would need a large amount of bits. However the available examples on Internet use small values for the randomLen argument (<100 bits) e.g. https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19120-01/open.solaris/819-2145/6n4f2qhq0/index.html Is there a theoretical maximum value? Could I ask for 1000000000 bits at one time for example ? Or will I have to call several times the function in a loop with small values? I assume it would depend on the smartcard model, right? Thanks for your feedback! Cheers _______________________________________________ Pcsclite-muscle mailing list [email protected] http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pcsclite-muscle