Remove mention of link between message digests and public key algorithms.

[openssl.git] / doc / man3 / BN_rand.pod

diff --git a/doc/man3/BN_rand.pod b/doc/man3/BN_rand.pod
index ae15ada7e5a52c3072dcb87757e4f534d453fdbc..099dda47e9f88cbb98b32aecc30361d3e77bf8ce 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/BN_rand.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/BN_rand.pod
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand, BN_rand_range, BN_pseudo_rand_range - generate pseudo-r
 BN_rand() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of
 B<bits> in length and stores it in B<rnd>.
 If B<bits> is less than zero, or too small to
-accomodate the requirements specified by the B<top> and B<bottom>
+accommodate the requirements specified by the B<top> and B<bottom>
 parameters, an error is returned.
 The B<top> parameters specifies
 requirements on the most significant bit of the generated number.
@@ -34,15 +34,8 @@ If B<bottom> is B<BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ODD>, the number will be odd; if it
 is B<BN_RAND_BOTTOM_ANY> it can be odd or even.
 If B<bits> is 1 then B<top> cannot also be B<BN_RAND_FLG_TOPTWO>.
 
-BN_pseudo_rand() does the same, but pseudo-random numbers generated by
-this function are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used for
-non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic
-protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
-
 BN_rand_range() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random
 number B<rnd> in the range 0 E<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().
 
@@ -51,14 +44,22 @@ The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling BN_rand() or BN_rand_range().
 The functions return 1 on success, 0 on error.
 The error codes can be obtained by L<ERR_get_error(3)>.
 
+=head1 HISTORY
+
+Starting with OpenSSL release 1.1.0,
+BN_pseudo_rand() has been identical to BN_rand()
+and
+BN_pseudo_rand_range() has been identical to BN_rand_range().
+The "pseudo" functions should not be used and may be deprecated in
+a future release.
+
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<bn(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<rand(3)>,
-L<RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>
+L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_add(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
-Copyright 2000-2016 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+Copyright 2000-2017 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
 Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy