NAME¶

CryptGenRandom (ADVAPI32.@)

SYNOPSIS¶

BOOL CryptGenRandom
(
HCRYPTPROV hProv,
DWORD dwLen,
BYTE* pbBuffer
)

DESCRIPTION¶

Fills a buffer with cryptographically random bytes.

PARAMS¶

hProv [In] Handle of a CSP. dwLen [In] Number of bytes to generate. pbBuffer [In/Out] Buffer to contain random bytes.

RETURNS¶

Success: TRUE Failure: FALSE.

NOTES¶

pdBuffer must be at least dwLen bytes long.

IMPLEMENTATION¶

Declared in "wincrypt.h". Implemented in "dlls/advapi32/crypt.c". Debug channel "crypt".