free NULL cleanup.

[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / BN_rand.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
index cbae2fca9774ad92cbe66b0ab848d0a6fdf54d0b..d6b975ccf64385a96b5c880e4ddab4a5cf725dda 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 =head1 NAME
 
-BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand - generate pseudo-random number
+BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand, BN_rand_range, BN_pseudo_rand_range - generate pseudo-random number
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand - generate pseudo-random number
 
  int BN_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, BIGNUM *range);
 
+ int BN_pseudo_rand_range(BIGNUM *rnd, BIGNUM *range);
+
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
 BN_rand() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of
@@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
 
 BN_rand_range() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random
 number B<rnd> in the range 0 <lt>= B<rnd> E<lt> B<range>.
+BN_pseudo_rand_range() does the same, but is based on BN_pseudo_rand(),
+and hence numbers generated by it are not necessarily unpredictable.
 
 The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling BN_rand() or BN_rand_range().
 
@@ -41,7 +45,7 @@ The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>.
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<err(3)|err(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
+L<bn(3)|bn(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)|ERR_get_error(3)>, L<rand(3)|rand(3)>,
 L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)>
 
 =head1 HISTORY
@@ -49,5 +53,6 @@ L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)|RAND_bytes(3)>
 BN_rand() is available in all versions of SSLeay and OpenSSL.
 BN_pseudo_rand() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.5. The B<top> == -1 case
 and the function BN_rand_range() were added in OpenSSL 0.9.6a.
+BN_pseudo_rand_range() was added in OpenSSL 0.9.6c.
 
 =cut