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authorLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2007-09-24 11:01:18 +0000
committerLutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org>2007-09-24 11:01:18 +0000
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@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ unpredictable. They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for
certain purposes in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key
generation etc.
+The contents of B<buf> is mixed into the entropy pool before retrieving
+the new pseudo-random bytes unless disabled at compile time (see FAQ).
+
=head1 RETURN VALUES
RAND_bytes() returns 1 on success, 0 otherwise. The error code can be