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diff --git a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_set_rand_method.3 b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_set_rand_method.3 index f71a643..b9845b4 100644 --- a/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_set_rand_method.3 +++ b/secure/lib/libcrypto/man/RAND_set_rand_method.3 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.25 (Pod::Simple 3.28) +.\" Automatically generated by Pod::Man 2.27 (Pod::Simple 3.28) .\" .\" Standard preamble: .\" ======================================================================== @@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ . ds PI \(*p . ds L" `` . ds R" '' +. ds C` +. ds C' 'br\} .\" .\" Escape single quotes in literal strings from groff's Unicode transform. @@ -48,17 +50,24 @@ .\" titles (.TH), headers (.SH), subsections (.SS), items (.Ip), and index .\" entries marked with X<> in POD. Of course, you'll have to process the .\" output yourself in some meaningful fashion. -.ie \nF \{\ -. de IX -. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" +.\" +.\" Avoid warning from groff about undefined register 'F'. +.de IX .. -. nr % 0 -. rr F -.\} -.el \{\ -. de IX +.nr rF 0 +.if \n(.g .if rF .nr rF 1 +.if (\n(rF:(\n(.g==0)) \{ +. if \nF \{ +. de IX +. tm Index:\\$1\t\\n%\t"\\$2" .. +. if !\nF==2 \{ +. nr % 0 +. nr F 2 +. \} +. \} .\} +.rr rF .\" .\" Accent mark definitions (@(#)ms.acc 1.5 88/02/08 SMI; from UCB 4.2). .\" Fear. Run. Save yourself. No user-serviceable parts. @@ -124,7 +133,7 @@ .\" ======================================================================== .\" .IX Title "RAND_set_rand_method 3" -.TH RAND_set_rand_method 3 "2014-10-15" "1.0.1j" "OpenSSL" +.TH RAND_set_rand_method 3 "2015-01-08" "1.0.1k" "OpenSSL" .\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l @@ -147,19 +156,19 @@ RAND_set_rand_method, RAND_get_rand_method, RAND_SSLeay \- select RAND method A \fB\s-1RAND_METHOD\s0\fR specifies the functions that OpenSSL uses for random number generation. By modifying the method, alternative implementations such as hardware RNGs may be used. \s-1IMPORTANT:\s0 See the \s-1NOTES\s0 section for important -information about how these \s-1RAND\s0 \s-1API\s0 functions are affected by the use of +information about how these \s-1RAND API\s0 functions are affected by the use of \&\fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR \s-1API\s0 calls. .PP Initially, the default \s-1RAND_METHOD\s0 is the OpenSSL internal implementation, as returned by \fIRAND_SSLeay()\fR. .PP \&\fIRAND_set_default_method()\fR makes \fBmeth\fR the method for \s-1PRNG\s0 use. \fB\s-1NB\s0\fR: This is -true only whilst no \s-1ENGINE\s0 has been set as a default for \s-1RAND\s0, so this function +true only whilst no \s-1ENGINE\s0 has been set as a default for \s-1RAND,\s0 so this function is no longer recommended. .PP -\&\fIRAND_get_default_method()\fR returns a pointer to the current \s-1RAND_METHOD\s0. -However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on whether the \s-1ENGINE\s0 -\&\s-1API\s0 is being used, so this function is no longer recommended. +\&\fIRAND_get_default_method()\fR returns a pointer to the current \s-1RAND_METHOD.\s0 +However, the meaningfulness of this result is dependent on whether the \s-1ENGINE +API\s0 is being used, so this function is no longer recommended. .SH "THE RAND_METHOD STRUCTURE" .IX Header "THE RAND_METHOD STRUCTURE" .Vb 9 @@ -185,10 +194,10 @@ Each component may be \s-1NULL\s0 if the function is not implemented. .SH "NOTES" .IX Header "NOTES" As of version 0.9.7, \s-1RAND_METHOD\s0 implementations are grouped together with other -algorithmic APIs (eg. \s-1RSA_METHOD\s0, \s-1EVP_CIPHER\s0, etc) in \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR modules. If a -default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is specified for \s-1RAND\s0 functionality using an \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 function, -that will override any \s-1RAND\s0 defaults set using the \s-1RAND\s0 \s-1API\s0 (ie. -\&\fIRAND_set_rand_method()\fR). For this reason, the \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 is the recommended way +algorithmic APIs (eg. \s-1RSA_METHOD, EVP_CIPHER,\s0 etc) in \fB\s-1ENGINE\s0\fR modules. If a +default \s-1ENGINE\s0 is specified for \s-1RAND\s0 functionality using an \s-1ENGINE API\s0 function, +that will override any \s-1RAND\s0 defaults set using the \s-1RAND API \s0(ie. +\&\fIRAND_set_rand_method()\fR). For this reason, the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 is the recommended way to control default implementations for use in \s-1RAND\s0 and other cryptographic algorithms. .SH "SEE ALSO" @@ -201,6 +210,6 @@ available in all versions of OpenSSL. .PP In the engine version of version 0.9.6, \fIRAND_set_rand_method()\fR was altered to take an \s-1ENGINE\s0 pointer as its argument. As of version 0.9.7, that has been -reverted as the \s-1ENGINE\s0 \s-1API\s0 transparently overrides \s-1RAND\s0 defaults if used, -otherwise \s-1RAND\s0 \s-1API\s0 functions work as before. \fIRAND_set_rand_engine()\fR was also +reverted as the \s-1ENGINE API\s0 transparently overrides \s-1RAND\s0 defaults if used, +otherwise \s-1RAND API\s0 functions work as before. \fIRAND_set_rand_engine()\fR was also introduced in version 0.9.7. |
