From 8f147593f649791212451b70b61f2560f8cd408b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: miod <> Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 17:36:58 +0000 Subject: Remove mention that the PRNG needs to be seeded before invoking some functions. --- src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod | 4 ---- 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod') diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod index 682724b157..6ea6df655e 100644 --- a/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod +++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/doc/EVP_SignInit.pod @@ -60,10 +60,6 @@ digest algorithm must be used with the correct public key type. A list of algorithms and associated public key algorithms appears in L. -When signing with DSA private keys the random number generator must be seeded -or the operation will fail. The random number generator does not need to be -seeded for RSA signatures. - The call to EVP_SignFinal() internally finalizes a copy of the digest context. This means that calls to EVP_SignUpdate() and EVP_SignFinal() can be called later to digest and sign additional data. -- cgit v1.2.3-55-g6feb