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# krb5_c_random_to_key - Generate an enctype-specific key from random data.

krb5_error_code `krb5_c_random_to_key`(krb5_context context, krb5_enctype enctype, krb5_data * random_data, krb5_keyblock * k5_random_key)

param: | [in] context - Library context [in] enctype - Encryption type [in] random_data - Random input data [out] k5_random_key - Resulting key

retval: | 0 Success; otherwise - Kerberos error codes

This function takes random input data random_data and produces a valid key k5_random_key for a given enctype .

See also

`krb5_c_keylengths()`

Note

It is assumed that k5_random_key has already been initialized and k5_random_key->contents has been allocated with the correct length.