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authorUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2001-02-08 17:14:07 +0000
committerUlf Möller <ulf@openssl.org>2001-02-08 17:14:07 +0000
commit9fbc45b15994cdefa21c866b4c803af4f3dc20d7 (patch)
treee9bc47f2c16e32f093179c32a12bdd965f2c52ae /doc/crypto
parent792e2ce7f47f90ee18c08da11a25ed907e8d9c33 (diff)
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-rw-r--r--doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod11
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod
index f66c3091b9..27aed57adb 100644
--- a/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ RAND_egd_bytes(path, 255);
RAND_egd_bytes() queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket B<path>.
It queries B<bytes> bytes and uses L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)> to seed the
OpenSSL built-in PRNG.
+This function is more flexible than RAND_egd().
+When only one secret key must
+be generated, it is not necessary to request the full amount 255 bytes from
+the EGD socket. This can be advantageous, since the amount of entropy
+that can be retrieved from EGD over time is limited.
RAND_query_egd_bytes() performs the actual query of the EGD daemon on socket
B<path>. If B<buf> is given, B<bytes> bytes are queried and written into
@@ -36,12 +41,6 @@ the EGD entropy gathering daemon can be used to collect entropy. It provides
a socket interface through which entropy can be gathered in chunks up to
255 bytes. Several chunks can be queried during one connection.
-While RAND_egd() is longer available (see HISTORY section), the
-RAND_egd_bytes() function is more flexible. When only one secret key must
-be generated, it is not needed to request the full amount 255 bytes from
-the EGD socket. This can be advantageous, since the amount of entropy
-that can be retrieved from EGD over time is limited.
-
EGD is available from http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ (C<perl
Makefile.PL; make; make install> to install). It is run as B<egd>
I<path>, where I<path> is an absolute path designating a socket. When