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diff --git a/doc/man1/dhparam.pod b/doc/man1/dhparam.pod index addd88a540..a6317a95a5 100644 --- a/doc/man1/dhparam.pod +++ b/doc/man1/dhparam.pod @@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ default generator 2. =item B<-rand> I<file(s)> -a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)>). Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character. The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for @@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ all others. =item I<numbits> -this option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size +This option specifies that a parameter set should be generated of size I<numbits>. It must be the last option. If this option is present then the input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead. If this option is not present but a generator (B<-2> or B<-5>) is @@ -100,20 +100,20 @@ present, parameters are generated with a default length of 2048 bits. =item B<-noout> -this option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters. +This option inhibits the output of the encoded version of the parameters. =item B<-text> -this option prints out the DH parameters in human readable form. +This option prints out the DH parameters in human readable form. =item B<-C> -this option converts the parameters into C code. The parameters can then +This option converts the parameters into C code. The parameters can then be loaded by calling the get_dhNNNN() function. =item B<-engine id> -specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<dhparam> +Specifying an engine (by its unique B<id> string) will cause B<dhparam> to attempt to obtain a functional reference to the specified engine, thus initialising it if needed. The engine will then be set as the default for all available algorithms. @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ L<dsaparam(1)> =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy |