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authorRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-07-05 10:58:48 -0400
committerRich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>2017-07-16 19:20:45 -0400
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downloadopenssl-3ee1eac27a2e3120fbdc60e12db091c082b8de21.tar.gz
Standardize apps use of -rand, etc.
Standardized the -rand flag and added a new one: -rand file... Always reads the specified files -writerand file Always writes to the file on exit For apps that use a config file, the RANDFILE config parameter reads the file at startup (to seed the RNG) and write to it on exit if the -writerand flag isn't used. Ensured that every app that took -rand also took -writerand, and made sure all of that agreed with all the documentation. Fix error reporting in write_file and -rand Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com> (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3862)
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diff --git a/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod b/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod
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+++ b/doc/man1/pkeyutl.pod
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ B<openssl> B<pkeyutl>
[B<-pkeyopt opt:value>]
[B<-hexdump>]
[B<-asn1parse>]
+[B<-rand file...>]
+[B<-writerand file>]
[B<-engine id>]
[B<-engine_impl>]
@@ -146,6 +148,19 @@ hex dump the output data.
Parse the ASN.1 output data, this is useful when combined with the
B<-verifyrecover> option when an ASN1 structure is signed.
+=item B<-rand file...>
+
+A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
+generator.
+Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for
+all others.
+
+=item [B<-writerand file>]
+
+Writes random data to the specified I<file> upon exit.
+This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag.
+
=item B<-engine id>
Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<pkeyutl>