Use randomness not entropy

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_egd.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_egd.pod
index 1dc1321eaede891b7991b37b7b07446a1d4ab825..956362dff2eeadf768c1bc2d3071db4ab2bff3ce 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/RAND_egd.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RAND_egd.pod
@@ -15,18 +15,18 @@ RAND_egd, RAND_egd_bytes, RAND_query_egd_bytes - query entropy gathering daemon
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-RAND_egd() queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket B<path>.
+RAND_egd() queries the Entropy Gathering Daemon (EGD) on socket B<path>.
 It queries 255 bytes and uses L<RAND_add(3)> to seed the
 OpenSSL built-in PRNG. RAND_egd(path) is a wrapper for
 RAND_egd_bytes(path, 255);
 
-RAND_egd_bytes() queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket B<path>.
+RAND_egd_bytes() queries EGD on socket B<path>.
 It queries B<bytes> bytes and uses L<RAND_add(3)> to seed the
 OpenSSL built-in PRNG.
 This function is more flexible than RAND_egd().
 When only one secret key must
 be generated, it is not necessary to request the full amount 255 bytes from
-the EGD socket. This can be advantageous, since the amount of entropy
+the EGD socket. This can be advantageous, since the amount of randomness
 that can be retrieved from EGD over time is limited.
 
 RAND_query_egd_bytes() performs the actual query of the EGD daemon on socket
@@ -36,28 +36,28 @@ OpenSSL built-in PRNG using L<RAND_add(3)>.
 
 =head1 NOTES
 
-On systems without /dev/*random devices providing entropy from the kernel,
-the EGD entropy gathering daemon can be used to collect entropy. It provides
-a socket interface through which entropy can be gathered in chunks up to
+On systems without /dev/*random devices providing randomness from the kernel,
+EGD provides
+a socket interface through which randomness can be gathered in chunks up to
 255 bytes. Several chunks can be queried during one connection.
 
 EGD is available from http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ (C<perl
 Makefile.PL; make; make install> to install). It is run as B<egd>
 I<path>, where I<path> is an absolute path designating a socket. When
 RAND_egd() is called with that path as an argument, it tries to read
-random bytes that EGD has collected. RAND_egd() retrieves entropy from the
+random bytes that EGD has collected. RAND_egd() retrieves randomness from the
 daemon using the daemon's "non-blocking read" command which shall
 be answered immediately by the daemon without waiting for additional
-entropy to be collected. The write and read socket operations in the
+randomness to be collected. The write and read socket operations in the
 communication are blocking.
 
 Alternatively, the EGD-interface compatible daemon PRNGD can be used. It is
 available from
 http://prngd.sourceforge.net/ .
 PRNGD does employ an internal PRNG itself and can therefore never run
-out of entropy.
+out of randomness.
 
-OpenSSL automatically queries EGD when entropy is requested via RAND_bytes()
+OpenSSL automatically queries EGD when randomness 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.