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authorKurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>2018-04-08 20:20:25 +0200
committerKurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>2018-04-22 20:16:02 +0200
commit148796291e47ad402ddfd1bbe6f34a2652657ec2 (patch)
tree2919b8e7d2c9f337ade699d4030b0f140c7db2ba /INSTALL
parent0e0f8116e247912f5c48f8b3786e543f37fc1f87 (diff)
downloadopenssl-new-148796291e47ad402ddfd1bbe6f34a2652657ec2.tar.gz
Add support for getrandom() or equivalent system calls and use them by default
Reviewed-by: Dr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre@ncp-e.com> GH: #5910
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@@ -224,7 +224,8 @@
os: Use a trusted operating system entropy source.
This is the default method if such an entropy
source exists.
- getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> system call if available.
+ getrandom: Use the L<getrandom(2)> or equivalent system
+ call.
devrandom: Use the the first device from the DEVRANDOM list
which can be opened to read random bytes. The
DEVRANDOM preprocessor constant expands to