The RAND_DRBG API was added in PR #5462 and modified by PR #5547.
This commit adds the corresponding documention.
Reviewed-by: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5461)
Apparently applications rely on RAND_load_file's ability to work with
non-regular files, customarily with /dev/urandom, so that the ban was
not exactly appropriate.
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de>
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/5737)
Add a new config param to specify how the CSPRNG should be seeded.
Illegal values or nonsensical combinations (e.g., anything other
than "os" on VMS or HP VOS etc) result in build failures.
Add RDSEED support.
Add RDTSC but leave it disabled for now pending more investigation.
Refactor and reorganization all seeding files (rand_unix/win/vms) so
that they are simpler.
Only require 128 bits of seeding material.
Many document improvements, including why to not use RAND_add() and the
limitations around using load_file/write_file.
Document RAND_poll().
Cleanup Windows RAND_poll and return correct status
More completely initialize the default DRBG.
Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3965)
Document an internal assumption that these are only for use with files,
and return an error if not. That made the code much simpler.
Leave it as writing 1024 bytes, even though we don't need more than 256
from a security perspective. But the amount isn't specified, now, so we
can change it later if we want.
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3864)
Move manpages to manX directories
Add Windows/VMS install fix from Richard Levitte
Update README
Fix typo's
Remove some duplicates
Reviewed-by: Richard Levitte <levitte@openssl.org>
2016-10-26 13:59:52 -04:00
Renamed from doc/crypto/RAND_load_file.pod (Browse further)
