cc/subtle/random.cc

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#include "tink/subtle/random.h"
#include <string>
#include "openssl/rand.h"

namespace crypto {
namespace tink {
namespace subtle {

// static
std::string Random::GetRandomBytes(size_t length) {
  std::unique_ptr<uint8_t[]> buf(new uint8_t[length]);
  // BoringSSL documentation says that it always returns 1; while
  // OpenSSL documentation says that it returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. We
  // use BoringSSL, so we don't check the return value.
  RAND_bytes(buf.get(), length);
  return std::string(reinterpret_cast<const char *>(buf.get()), length);
}

}  // namespace subtle
}  // namespace tink
}  // namespace crypto