From 3ee1eac27a2e3120fbdc60e12db091c082b8de21 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rich Salz Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 10:58:48 -0400 Subject: Standardize apps use of -rand, etc. Standardized the -rand flag and added a new one: -rand file... Always reads the specified files -writerand file Always writes to the file on exit For apps that use a config file, the RANDFILE config parameter reads the file at startup (to seed the RNG) and write to it on exit if the -writerand flag isn't used. Ensured that every app that took -rand also took -writerand, and made sure all of that agreed with all the documentation. Fix error reporting in write_file and -rand Reviewed-by: Paul Dale (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/3862) --- doc/man1/ts.pod | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/man1/ts.pod') diff --git a/doc/man1/ts.pod b/doc/man1/ts.pod index c04a623785..56ace24817 100644 --- a/doc/man1/ts.pod +++ b/doc/man1/ts.pod @@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ ts - Time Stamping Authority tool (client/server) B B B<-query> -[B<-rand> file:file...] +[B<-rand file...>] +[B<-writerand file>] [B<-config> configfile] [B<-data> file_to_hash] [B<-digest> digest_bytes] @@ -131,11 +132,18 @@ request with the following options: =over 4 -=item B<-rand> file:file... +=item B<-rand file...> -The files containing random data for seeding the random number -generator. Multiple files can be specified, the separator is B<;> for -MS-Windows, B<,> for VMS and B<:> for all other platforms. (Optional) +A file or files containing random data used to seed the random number +generator. +Multiple files can be specified separated by an OS-dependent character. +The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVMS, and B<:> for +all others. + +=item [B<-writerand file>] + +Writes random data to the specified I upon exit. +This can be used with a subsequent B<-rand> flag. =item B<-config> configfile -- cgit v1.2.3