Deprecate RAND_pseudo_bytes

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

diff --git a/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod b/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod
index 1a9b91e28144222419516b99392b3222c50d865b..f3a5ed22f860dab975f9c29f4b4e09a3e4b65c27 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/RAND_bytes.pod
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ RAND_bytes, RAND_pseudo_bytes - generate random data
 
  int RAND_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
 
 
  int RAND_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
 

+Deprecated:
+

  int RAND_pseudo_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
  int RAND_pseudo_bytes(unsigned char *buf, int num);
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION


@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ RAND_bytes() puts B<num> cryptographically strong pseudo-random bytes
 into B<buf>. An error occurs if the PRNG has not been seeded with
 enough randomness to ensure an unpredictable byte sequence.
 
 into B<buf>. An error occurs if the PRNG has not been seeded with
 enough randomness to ensure an unpredictable byte sequence.
 

+RAND_pseudo_bytes() has been deprecated. Users should use RAND_bytes() instead.

 RAND_pseudo_bytes() puts B<num> pseudo-random bytes into B<buf>.
 Pseudo-random byte sequences generated by RAND_pseudo_bytes() will be
 unique if they are of sufficient length, but are not necessarily
 RAND_pseudo_bytes() puts B<num> pseudo-random bytes into B<buf>.
 Pseudo-random byte sequences generated by RAND_pseudo_bytes() will be
 unique if they are of sufficient length, but are not necessarily