Linux cli command openssl-randssl

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NAME 🖥️ openssl-randssl 🖥️

rand - generate pseudo-random bytes

SYNOPSIS

openssl rand [-help] [-out file] [-base64] [-hex] [-engine id] [-rand files] [-writerand file] [-provider name] [-provider-path path] [-propquery propq] num

DESCRIPTION

This command generates num random bytes using a cryptographically secure pseudo random number generator (CSPRNG).

The random bytes are generated using the RAND_bytes (3) function, which provides a security level of 256 bits, provided it managed to seed itself successfully from a trusted operating system entropy source. Otherwise, the command will fail with a nonzero error code. For more details, see RAND_bytes (3), RAND (7), and EVP_RAND (7).

OPTIONS

-help
Print out a usage message.

-out file
Write to file instead of standard output.

-base64
Perform base64 encoding on the output.

-hex
Show the output as a hex string.

-engine id
See “Engine Options” in openssl (1). This option is deprecated.

-rand files, -writerand file
See “Random State Options” in openssl (1) for details.

-provider name

-provider-path path

-propquery propq

See “Provider Options” in openssl (1), provider (7), and property (7).

SEE ALSO

openssl (1), RAND_bytes (3), RAND (7), EVP_RAND (7)

HISTORY

The -engine option was deprecated in OpenSSL 3.0.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2000-2021 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the “License”). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at <https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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