More CTR_DRBG documentation improvements and clarifications

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Gilles Peskine 2019-09-30 15:01:02 +02:00
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@ -200,6 +200,9 @@ void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_init( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx );
* with mbedtls_entropy_init() (which registers the platform's default
* entropy sources).
*
* \p f_entropy is always called with a buffer size equal to the entropy
* length described in the documentation of mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_entropy_len().
*
* Personalization data can be provided in addition to the more generic
* entropy source, to make this instantiation as unique as possible.
*
@ -227,7 +230,7 @@ void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_init( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx );
* \param f_entropy The entropy callback, taking as arguments the
* \p p_entropy context, the buffer to fill, and the
* length of the buffer.
* \param p_entropy The entropy context.
* \param p_entropy The entropy context to pass to \p f_entropy.
* \param custom Personalization data, that is device-specific
* identifiers. This can be NULL, in which case the
* personalization data is empty regardless of the value
@ -257,7 +260,8 @@ void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_free( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx );
* The default value is off.
*
* \note If enabled, entropy is gathered at the beginning of
* every call to mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random_with_add().
* every call to mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random_with_add()
* or mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random().
* Only use this if your entropy source has sufficient
* throughput.
*
@ -269,8 +273,9 @@ void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_prediction_resistance( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx,
/**
* \brief This function sets the amount of entropy grabbed on each
* seed or reseed. The default value is
* #MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_LEN.
* seed or reseed.
*
* The default value is #MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_LEN.
*
* \note For compliance with NIST SP 800-90A, the entropy length
* (\p len bytes = \p len * 8 bits)
@ -307,6 +312,11 @@ void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_set_entropy_len( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx,
/**
* \brief This function sets the reseed interval.
*
* The reseed interval is the number of calls to mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random()
* or mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random_with_add() after which the entropy function
* is called again.
*
* The default value is #MBEDTLS_CTR_DRBG_RESEED_INTERVAL.
*
* \param ctx The CTR_DRBG context.
@ -361,7 +371,7 @@ int mbedtls_ctr_drbg_update_ret( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx,
* \param p_rng The CTR_DRBG context. This must be a pointer to a
* #mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context structure.
* \param output The buffer to fill.
* \param output_len The length of the buffer.
* \param output_len The length of the buffer in bytes.
* \param additional Additional data to update. Can be NULL, in which
* case the additional data is empty regardless of
* the value of \p add_len.
@ -436,7 +446,7 @@ MBEDTLS_DEPRECATED void mbedtls_ctr_drbg_update(
*
* \return \c 0 on success.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_FILE_IO_ERROR on file error.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_SOURCE_FAILED on
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_SOURCE_FAILED on reseed
* failure.
*/
int mbedtls_ctr_drbg_write_seed_file( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx, const char *path );
@ -450,8 +460,10 @@ int mbedtls_ctr_drbg_write_seed_file( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx, const char
*
* \return \c 0 on success.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_FILE_IO_ERROR on file error.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_SOURCE_FAILED or
* #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_INPUT_TOO_BIG on failure.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_ENTROPY_SOURCE_FAILED on
* reseed failure.
* \return #MBEDTLS_ERR_CTR_DRBG_INPUT_TOO_BIG if the existing
* seed file is too large.
*/
int mbedtls_ctr_drbg_update_seed_file( mbedtls_ctr_drbg_context *ctx, const char *path );
#endif /* MBEDTLS_FS_IO */