RSA Security 5 manual BGenerateInit

B_GenerateInit

B_GenerateInit

int B_GenerateInit (
B_ALGORITHM_OBJ	algorithmObject,	/* algorithm object */
B_ALGORITHM_CHOOSER algorithmChooser,		/*	algorithm	chooser */
A_SURRENDER_CTX	*surrenderContext	/*	surrender	context */
);

Description

B_GenerateInit initializes algorithmObject using the algorithm specified by a previous call to B_SetAlgorithmInfo. The chooser for selecting the algorithm method is algorithmChooser. The surrender context for processing and canceling during lengthy operations is surrenderContext; if its value is (A_SURRENDER_CTX *)NULL_PTR, Crypto-C does not use it.

This routine is used to initialize several of the toolkit's parameter generation algorithms like B_GenerateKeypair or B_GenerateParameters. However, B_RandomInit is used to initialize the generator for B_GenerateRandomBytes.

Return value

Value	Description
0	Operation was successful.
non-zero	see Appendix A, ”Crypto-C Error Types”

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