ECDH- NID_X9_62_prime256v1 - EVP_RAND_generate()

[Damodhar Boddukuri via openssl-users]

Hi,

I am implementing ECDH- Group19 (NID_X9_62_prime256v1). I followed the below 
sequence.

  1.  ecdh_group = EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name(NID_X9_62_prime256v1); // 
NID_X9_62_prime256v1 or  NID_secp256k1
  2.  ecdh_keys = EC_KEY_new();
  3.  ret = EC_KEY_set_group(ecdh_keys, ecdh_group);
  4.  ret = EC_KEY_generate_key(ecdh_keys);
At 4th step, function EVP_RAND_generate ()  always returning '0'. Because of 
this reason 4th step is failing.

Could you please let me know the possible reasons for it.

Thanks & Regards,
Damodhar.



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