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+/**
+ * \file doc_rng.h
+ *
+ * \brief Random number generator (RNG) module documentation file.
+ */
+/*
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 2006-2015, ARM Limited, All Rights Reserved
+ *  SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *  (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+ *  with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+ *  51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ *  This file is part of mbed TLS (https://tls.mbed.org)
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @addtogroup rng_module Random number generator (RNG) module
+ *
+ * The Random number generator (RNG) module provides random number
+ * generation, see \c mbedtls_ctr_drbg_random().
+ *
+ * The block-cipher counter-mode based deterministic random
+ * bit generator (CTR_DBRG) as specified in NIST SP800-90. It needs an external
+ * source of entropy. For these purposes \c mbedtls_entropy_func() can be used.
+ * This is an implementation based on a simple entropy accumulator design.
+ *
+ * The other number generator that is included is less strong and uses the
+ * HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion) software heuristic
+ * which considered unsafe for primary usage, but provides additional random
+ * to the entropy pool if enables.
+ *
+ * Meaning that there seems to be no practical algorithm that can guess
+ * the next bit with a probability larger than 1/2 in an output sequence.
+ *
+ * This module can be used to generate random numbers.
+ */