Fixup internal documentation

[openssl.git] / doc / man7 / RAND.pod

diff --git a/doc/man7/RAND.pod b/doc/man7/RAND.pod
index 578018feabc9c01326b3bb74c0442edd64e588fa..3d4766694eae0026ee1017a20e587aee3546a796 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man7/RAND.pod
+++ b/doc/man7/RAND.pod
@@ -24,16 +24,19 @@ to be initialized ('seeded') explicitly.
 It seeds and reseeds itself automatically using trusted random sources
 provided by the operating system.
 
-As a normal application developer, you don't have to worry about any details,
+As a normal application developer, you do not have to worry about any details,
 just use L<RAND_bytes(3)> to obtain random data.
 Having said that, there is one important rule to obey: Always check the error
-return value of L<RAND_bytes(3)> and don't take randomness for granted.
+return value of L<RAND_bytes(3)> and do not take randomness for granted.
 
-For long-term secrets, you can use L<RAND_priv_bytes(3)> instead.
+For values that should remain secret, you can use L<RAND_priv_bytes(3)>
+instead.
 This method does not provide 'better' randomness, it uses the same type of CSPRNG.
-The intention behind using a dedicated CSPRNG exclusively for long-term secrets is
-that none of its output should be visible to an attacker (e.g used as salt value),
-in order to reveal as little information as possible about its internal state.
+The intention behind using a dedicated CSPRNG exclusively for private
+values is that none of its output should be visible to an attacker (e.g.,
+used as salt value), in order to reveal as little information as
+possible about its internal state, and that a compromise of the "public"
+CSPRNG instance will not affect the secrecy of these private values.
 
 In the rare case where the default implementation does not satisfy your special
 requirements, there are two options:
@@ -61,16 +64,16 @@ of cryptographic principles and understand the implications of your changes.
 L<RAND_add(3)>,
 L<RAND_bytes(3)>,
 L<RAND_priv_bytes(3)>,
-L<RAND_get_rand_method(3)>
-L<RAND_set_rand_method(3)>
+L<RAND_get_rand_method(3)>,
+L<RAND_set_rand_method(3)>,
 L<RAND_OpenSSL(3)>,
-L<RAND_DRBG(7)>,
+L<RAND_DRBG(7)>
 
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
 Copyright 2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.
 
-Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License").  You may not use
+Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
 this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
 in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
 L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.