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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.pod | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.pod index bd6606c81f..a989c1c9b4 100644 --- a/doc/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.pod +++ b/doc/man3/RAND_set_rand_method.pod @@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ RAND_OpenSSL() returns the default B<RAND_METHOD> implementation by OpenSSL. This implementation ensures that the PRNG state is unique for each thread. If an B<ENGINE> is loaded that provides the RAND API, however, it will -be used instead of the method returned by RAND_OpenSSL(). +be used instead of the method returned by RAND_OpenSSL(). This is deprecated +in OpenSSL 3.0. RAND_set_rand_method() makes B<meth> the method for PRNG use. If an ENGINE was providing the method, it will be released first. @@ -58,6 +59,11 @@ L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<ENGINE_by_id(3)>, L<RAND(7)> +=head1 HISTORY + +The ability for an B<ENGINE> to replace the RAND API was deprecated in +OpenSSL 3.0. + =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2000-2020 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. |