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author | Pauli <ppzgs1@gmail.com> | 2021-03-02 18:33:55 +1000 |
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committer | Pauli <ppzgs1@gmail.com> | 2021-03-03 22:03:26 +1000 |
commit | cb54d1b9d7f0d386aa22550d8b12ecd43e248a3f (patch) | |
tree | 81322f702d16bd2445d04db7a44b9832a377327e | |
parent | f21afe636067f9aa27cef94c31d8e32128da0ecb (diff) |
doc: add a note to the RAND_get0_ calls indicating how to set the DRBG type.
The type needs to be set before the DRBGs are created.
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/14386)
-rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod index cf0fae95f7..6ee3da2df7 100644 --- a/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod +++ b/doc/man3/RAND_get0_primary.pod @@ -57,9 +57,14 @@ During initialization, it is possible to change the reseed interval and reseed time interval. It is also possible to exchange the reseeding callbacks entirely. +To set the type of DRBG that will be instantiated, use the +L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)> call before accessing the random number generation +infrastructure. + =head1 SEE ALSO -L<EVP_RAND(3)> +L<EVP_RAND(3)>, +L<RAND_set_DRBG_type(3)> =head1 HISTORY |