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author | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2007-09-24 11:01:18 +0000 |
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committer | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2007-09-24 11:01:18 +0000 |
commit | 7bbce69721077ad1f17a0b428b4f8f76bdf829e1 (patch) | |
tree | 9018ba0c360b471e16c7aae88eaff08880928952 /doc | |
parent | 870d6541f2d8a6701354e66c7c221f41dc21c0bc (diff) | |
download | openssl-7bbce69721077ad1f17a0b428b4f8f76bdf829e1.tar.gz |
Port from 0.9.8-stable
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diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod index ce6329ce54..1a9b91e281 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod @@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ unpredictable. They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc. +The contents of B<buf> is mixed into the entropy pool before retrieving +the new pseudo-random bytes unless disabled at compile time (see FAQ). + =head1 RETURN VALUES RAND_bytes() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error code can be |