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author | nectar <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-25 06:04:12 +0000 |
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committer | nectar <nectar@FreeBSD.org> | 2005-02-25 06:04:12 +0000 |
commit | deac0ae54c501cec8549d18e9482a730cc2d4b97 (patch) | |
tree | cc99086df80af0d12671c7151a7b49233e19f39d /secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_egd.3 | |
parent | ced877b043d77d97f1ad196f15b25ed720c1fcdc (diff) | |
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Update OpenSSL 0.9.7d -> 0.9.7e.
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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_egd.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_egd.3 index de07b97..e6f9dd6 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_egd.3 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_egd.3 @@ -1,8 +1,7 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man version 1.15 -.\" Wed Mar 17 09:38:38 2004 +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man v1.37, Pod::Parser v1.14 .\" .\" Standard preamble: -.\" ====================================================================== +.\" ======================================================================== .de Sh \" Subsection heading .br .if t .Sp @@ -15,12 +14,6 @@ .if t .sp .5v .if n .sp .. -.de Ip \" List item -.br -.ie \\n(.$>=3 .ne \\$3 -.el .ne 3 -.IP "\\$1" \\$2 -.. .de Vb \" Begin verbatim text .ft CW .nf @@ -28,15 +21,14 @@ .. .de Ve \" End verbatim text .ft R - .fi .. .\" Set up some character translations and predefined strings. \*(-- will .\" give an unbreakable dash, \*(PI will give pi, \*(L" will give a left .\" double quote, and \*(R" will give a right double quote. | will give a -.\" real vertical bar. \*(C+ will give a nicer C++. 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Of course, you'll have to process the +.\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. .if \nF \{\ . de IX . tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" @@ -68,14 +60,13 @@ . rr F .\} .\" -.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it -.\" makes way too many mistakes in technical documents. +.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes +.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .hy 0 .if n .na .\" .\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2). .\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts. -.bd B 3 . \" fudge factors for nroff and troff .if n \{\ . ds #H 0 @@ -135,11 +126,10 @@ . ds Ae AE .\} .rm #[ #] #H #V #F C -.\" ====================================================================== +.\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "RAND_egd 3" -.TH RAND_egd 3 "0.9.7d" "2004-03-17" "OpenSSL" -.UC +.TH RAND_egd 3 "2005-02-24" "0.9.7d" "OpenSSL" .SH "NAME" RAND_egd \- query entropy gathering daemon .SH "SYNOPSIS" @@ -147,22 +137,24 @@ RAND_egd \- query entropy gathering daemon .Vb 1 \& #include <openssl/rand.h> .Ve +.PP .Vb 2 \& int RAND_egd(const char *path); \& int RAND_egd_bytes(const char *path, int bytes); .Ve +.PP .Vb 1 \& int RAND_query_egd_bytes(const char *path, unsigned char *buf, int bytes); .Ve .SH "DESCRIPTION" .IX Header "DESCRIPTION" \&\fIRAND_egd()\fR queries the entropy gathering daemon \s-1EGD\s0 on socket \fBpath\fR. -It queries 255 bytes and uses RAND_add(3) to seed the +It queries 255 bytes and uses \fIRAND_add\fR\|(3) to seed the OpenSSL built-in \s-1PRNG\s0. RAND_egd(path) is a wrapper for RAND_egd_bytes(path, 255); .PP \&\fIRAND_egd_bytes()\fR queries the entropy gathering daemon \s-1EGD\s0 on socket \fBpath\fR. -It queries \fBbytes\fR bytes and uses RAND_add(3) to seed the +It queries \fBbytes\fR bytes and uses \fIRAND_add\fR\|(3) to seed the OpenSSL built-in \s-1PRNG\s0. This function is more flexible than \fIRAND_egd()\fR. When only one secret key must @@ -173,7 +165,7 @@ that can be retrieved from \s-1EGD\s0 over time is limited. \&\fIRAND_query_egd_bytes()\fR performs the actual query of the \s-1EGD\s0 daemon on socket \&\fBpath\fR. If \fBbuf\fR is given, \fBbytes\fR bytes are queried and written into \&\fBbuf\fR. If \fBbuf\fR is \s-1NULL\s0, \fBbytes\fR bytes are queried and used to seed the -OpenSSL built-in \s-1PRNG\s0 using RAND_add(3). +OpenSSL built-in \s-1PRNG\s0 using \fIRAND_add\fR\|(3). .SH "NOTES" .IX Header "NOTES" On systems without /dev/*random devices providing entropy from the kernel, @@ -190,13 +182,13 @@ non-blocking mode. .PP Alternatively, the EGD-interface compatible daemon \s-1PRNGD\s0 can be used. It is available from -http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html . +http://www.aet.tu\-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html . \&\s-1PRNGD\s0 does employ an internal \s-1PRNG\s0 itself and can therefore never run out of entropy. .PP OpenSSL automatically queries \s-1EGD\s0 when entropy is requested via \fIRAND_bytes()\fR or the status is checked via \fIRAND_status()\fR for the first time, if the socket -is located at /var/run/egd-pool, /dev/egd-pool or /etc/egd-pool. +is located at /var/run/egd\-pool, /dev/egd\-pool or /etc/egd\-pool. .SH "RETURN VALUE" .IX Header "RETURN VALUE" \&\fIRAND_egd()\fR and \fIRAND_egd_bytes()\fR return the number of bytes read from the @@ -207,8 +199,8 @@ return enough data to fully seed the \s-1PRNG\s0. success, and \-1 if the connection failed. The \s-1PRNG\s0 state is not considered. .SH "SEE ALSO" .IX Header "SEE ALSO" -rand(3), RAND_add(3), -RAND_cleanup(3) +\&\fIrand\fR\|(3), \fIRAND_add\fR\|(3), +\&\fIRAND_cleanup\fR\|(3) .SH "HISTORY" .IX Header "HISTORY" \&\fIRAND_egd()\fR is available since OpenSSL 0.9.5. @@ -217,4 +209,4 @@ RAND_cleanup(3) .PP \&\fIRAND_query_egd_bytes()\fR is available since OpenSSL 0.9.7. .PP -The automatic query of /var/run/egd-pool et al was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7. +The automatic query of /var/run/egd\-pool et al was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7. |