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Clarify wording a little.

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Dr. Stephen Henson 2007-09-20 11:32:09 +00:00
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@ -897,16 +897,14 @@ thread-safe):
* Why does Valgrind complain about the use of uninitialized data?
OpenSSL does internally call its own PRNG routines to retrieve random
numbers. It so does with uninitialed buffer contents. The buffer
contents is mixed into the entropy pool so that it technically does
not matter whether the buffer is initialized at this point or not.
Valgrind (and other test tools) will complain whatsoever. When
using Valgrind, make sure to use an OpenSSL library that has been
compiled with the PEDANTIC macro being defined (-DPEDANTIC) to
get rid of these warnings. Compling with -DPURIFY will help as well.
When OpenSSL's PRNG routines are called to generate random numbers the supplied
buffer contents are mixed into the entropy pool: so it technically does not
matter whether the buffer is initialized at this point or not. Valgrind (and
other test tools) will complain about this. When using Valgrind, make sure the
OpenSSL library has been compiled with the PEDANTIC macro defined (-DPEDANTIC)
to get rid of these warnings. Compling with -DPURIFY will help as well.
The PEDANTIC macro was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8f.
The use of PEDANTIC with the PRNG was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8f.
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