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author | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2000-06-22 09:19:59 +0000 |
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committer | Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org> | 2000-06-22 09:19:59 +0000 |
commit | fb0b844a7d7985fe3d8601342449b37c3996dc31 (patch) | |
tree | 47a394c75aa4d7e2c675910a0a36faff36d3c101 | |
parent | ac57d15b7502fc98d74dc24b7f758488bceb0615 (diff) | |
download | openssl-fb0b844a7d7985fe3d8601342449b37c3996dc31.tar.gz |
Document the change in req.
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@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Changes between 0.9.5a and 0.9.6 [xx XXX 2000] + *) Addition of the command line parameter '-rand file' to 'openssl req'. + The given file takes precedence over the RANDFILE option in the + configuration file. + [Richard Levitte] + *) mkstack.pl now sorts each macro group into lexical order. Previously the output order depended on the order the files appeared in the directory, resulting in needless rewriting diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod index 7c7a5d86b3..a3f54f45a3 100644 --- a/doc/apps/req.pod +++ b/doc/apps/req.pod @@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ B<openssl> B<req> [B<-verify>] [B<-modulus>] [B<-new>] +[B<-rand file(s)>] [B<-newkey rsa:bits>] [B<-newkey dsa:file>] [B<-nodes>] @@ -104,6 +105,14 @@ in the configuration file and any requested extensions. If the B<-key> option is not used it will generate a new RSA private key using information specified in the configuration file. +=item B<-rand file(s)> + +a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>). +Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + =item B<-newkey arg> this option creates a new certificate request and a new private |