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authorRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2000-06-22 09:19:59 +0000
committerRichard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>2000-06-22 09:19:59 +0000
commitfb0b844a7d7985fe3d8601342449b37c3996dc31 (patch)
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parentac57d15b7502fc98d74dc24b7f758488bceb0615 (diff)
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Document the change in req.
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@@ -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