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Dr. Matthias St. Pierre
f987a4dd89 man: clarify the 'random number generator must be seeded' requirement
The manual pages require for some API functions that the 'random number
generator must be seeded' before calling the function.  Initially, this
was meant literally, i.e. the OpenSSL CSPRNG had to be seeded manually
before calling these functions.

Since version 1.1.1, the CSPRNG is seeded automatically on first use,
so it's not the responsibility of the programmer anymore.  Still, he
needs to be aware that the seeding might fail.

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz@fedoraproject.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/9257)

(cherry picked from commit 262c00882a)
2019-06-27 14:48:43 +02:00
Paul Yang
61f805c1d5 Update all affected files' copyright year to 2018
Because the related PR/commits are merged in 2018...

Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4976)
2018-01-16 17:34:08 +00:00
Paul Yang
1f13ad3113 Add missing 'RETURN VALUES' sections in doc
All missing sections are added.

Reviewed-by: Andy Polyakov <appro@openssl.org>
Reviewed-by: Matt Caswell <matt@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/4976)
2018-01-16 17:34:08 +00:00
Rich Salz
b3696a55a5 Less documentation for deprecated API
Deprecated functions are still documented.
Put HISTORY after SEE ALSO; add HISTORY to BN_zero

Reviewed-by: Paul Dale <paul.dale@oracle.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3746)
2017-09-02 09:35:50 -04:00
Richard Levitte
b97fdb57a2 Fix referenses in section 3 manuals
Reviewed-by: Rich Salz <rsalz@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/1900)
2016-11-11 13:06:43 +01:00
Rich Salz
99d63d4662 Move manpages to man[1357] structure.
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/DSA_generate_key.pod (Browse further)