Include information that automatic query is a new feature. (96dfab9e) · Commits · CYBER - Cyber Security / TS 103 523 MSP / TLMSP / TLMSP OpenSSL

doc/crypto/RAND_egd.pod

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		@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html .
		PRNGD does employ an internal PRNG itself and can therefore never run
		out of entropy.

		OpenSSL automatically queries EGD on startup if the socket is located at
		/var/run/egd-pool, /dev/egd-pool or /etc/egd-pool.
		OpenSSL automatically queries EGD when entropy is requested via RAND_bytes()
		or the status is checked via RAND_status() for the first time, if the socket
		is located at /var/run/egd-pool, /dev/egd-pool or /etc/egd-pool.

		=head1 RETURN VALUE

		@@ -79,4 +80,6 @@ RAND_egd_bytes() is available since OpenSSL 0.9.6.

		RAND_query_egd_bytes() is available since OpenSSL 0.9.7.

		The automatic query of /var/run/egd-pool et al was added in OpenSSL 0.9.7.

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