Table of Contents for
Network Security with OpenSSL

Version ebook / Retour

Cover image for bash Cookbook, 2nd Edition Network Security with OpenSSL by Pravir Chandra Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc., 2002
  1. Cover
  2. Network Security with OpenSSL
  3. Network Security with OpenSSL
  4. Dedication
  5. A Note Regarding Supplemental Files
  6. Preface
  7. 1. Introduction
  8. 2. Command-Line Interface
  9. 3. Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
  10. 4. Support Infrastructure
  11. 5. SSL/TLS Programming
  12. 6. Symmetric Cryptography
  13. 7. Hashes and MACs
  14. 8. Public Key Algorithms
  15. 9. OpenSSL in Other Languages
  16. 10. Advanced Programming Topics
  17. A. Command-Line Reference
  18. asn1parse
  19. ca
  20. ciphers
  21. crl
  22. crl2pkcs7
  23. dgst
  24. dhparam
  25. dsa
  26. dsaparam
  27. enc
  28. errstr
  29. gendsa
  30. genrsa
  31. nseq
  32. passwd
  33. pkcs7
  34. pkcs8
  35. pkcs12
  36. rand
  37. req
  38. rsa
  39. rsautl
  40. s_client
  41. s_server
  42. s_time
  43. sess_id
  44. smime
  45. speed
  46. spkac
  47. verify
  48. version
  49. x509
  50. Index
  51. About the Authors
  52. Colophon
  53. Copyright

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rand

Synopsis

The rand command is used to obtain random output from the OpenSSL PRNG.

Options

-out filename

Specify the name of a file to which output from this command will be written. If this option is omitted, stdout will be used.

-rand filename

Specify the name of a file or files that will be used to seed the PRNG. This option follows the guidelines outlined in Chapter 2.

-base64

Cause the output generated from this command to be base64-encoded.

Notes

The number of random bytes to be produced must be specified as the last argument on the command line.