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| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 | 28 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 index fbfad03250..8434740664 100644 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 +++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/man/BN_rand.3 | |||
| @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ | |||
| 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: BN_rand.3,v 1.11 2018/03/27 17:35:50 schwarze Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: BN_rand.3,v 1.12 2018/12/21 20:09:04 schwarze Exp $ |
| 2 | .\" OpenSSL 05ea606a May 20 20:52:46 2016 -0400 | 2 | .\" full merge up to: OpenSSL 05ea606a May 20 20:52:46 2016 -0400 |
| 3 | .\" selective merge up to: OpenSSL df75c2bf Dec 9 01:02:36 2018 +0100 | ||
| 3 | .\" | 4 | .\" |
| 4 | .\" This file was written by Ulf Moeller <ulf@openssl.org>. | 5 | .\" This file was written by Ulf Moeller <ulf@openssl.org>. |
| 5 | .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015 The OpenSSL Project. | 6 | .\" Copyright (c) 2000, 2001, 2002, 2013, 2015 The OpenSSL Project. |
| @@ -49,7 +50,7 @@ | |||
| 49 | .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED | 50 | .\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED |
| 50 | .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. | 51 | .\" OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. |
| 51 | .\" | 52 | .\" |
| 52 | .Dd $Mdocdate: March 27 2018 $ | 53 | .Dd $Mdocdate: December 21 2018 $ |
| 53 | .Dt BN_RAND 3 | 54 | .Dt BN_RAND 3 |
| 54 | .Os | 55 | .Os |
| 55 | .Sh NAME | 56 | .Sh NAME |
| @@ -114,10 +115,8 @@ is +1 then | |||
| 114 | cannot also be 1. | 115 | cannot also be 1. |
| 115 | .Pp | 116 | .Pp |
| 116 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand | 117 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand |
| 117 | does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by this function are | 118 | is a deprecated alias for |
| 118 | not necessarily unpredictable. | 119 | .Fn BN_rand . |
| 119 | They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes | ||
| 120 | in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc. | ||
| 121 | .Pp | 120 | .Pp |
| 122 | .Fn BN_rand_range | 121 | .Fn BN_rand_range |
| 123 | generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number | 122 | generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number |
| @@ -125,9 +124,8 @@ generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number | |||
| 125 | in the range 0 <= | 124 | in the range 0 <= |
| 126 | .Fa rnd No < Fa range . | 125 | .Fa rnd No < Fa range . |
| 127 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range | 126 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range |
| 128 | does the same, but is based on | 127 | is a deprecated alias for |
| 129 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand , | 128 | .Fn BN_rand_range . |
| 130 | and hence numbers generated by it are not necessarily unpredictable. | ||
| 131 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | 129 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
| 132 | The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error. | 130 | The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error. |
| 133 | The error codes can be obtained by | 131 | The error codes can be obtained by |
| @@ -145,6 +143,11 @@ first appeared in SSLeay 0.5.1 and has been available since | |||
| 145 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand | 143 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand |
| 146 | first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and has been available since | 144 | first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.5 and has been available since |
| 147 | .Ox 2.7 . | 145 | .Ox 2.7 . |
| 146 | It does the same as | ||
| 147 | .Fn BN_rand | ||
| 148 | since | ||
| 149 | .Ox 6.1 | ||
| 150 | and since OpenSSL 1.1.0. | ||
| 148 | .Pp | 151 | .Pp |
| 149 | The | 152 | The |
| 150 | .Fa top | 153 | .Fa top |
| @@ -156,3 +159,8 @@ first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6a and have been available since | |||
| 156 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range | 159 | .Fn BN_pseudo_rand_range |
| 157 | first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6c and have been available since | 160 | first appeared in OpenSSL 0.9.6c and have been available since |
| 158 | .Ox 3.2 . | 161 | .Ox 3.2 . |
| 162 | It does the same as | ||
| 163 | .Fn BN_rand_range | ||
| 164 | since | ||
| 165 | .Ox 6.1 | ||
| 166 | and since OpenSSL 1.1.0. | ||
