rand/randfile.c: permit non-regular files in RAND_load_file.

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

diff --git a/doc/man3/RAND_load_file.pod b/doc/man3/RAND_load_file.pod
index 2fe932fd3f42839b11a9c92cf27b6ab8c34529ea..489ff2d7f112387f6e017edce849b7fb496ebea1 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/man3/RAND_load_file.pod
+++ b/doc/man3/RAND_load_file.pod
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ Do not load the same file multiple times unless its contents have
 been updated by RAND_write_file() between reads.
 Also, note that B<filename> should be adequately protected so that an
 attacker cannot replace or examine the contents.
+If B<filename> is not a regular file, then user is considered to be
+responsible for any side effects, e.g. non-anticipated blocking or
+capture of controlling terminal.
 
 RAND_write_file() writes a number of random bytes (currently 128) to
 file B<filename> which can be used to initialize the PRNG by calling
@@ -70,13 +73,6 @@ error.
 
 L<RAND_bytes(3)>, L<RAND_add(3)>
 
-=head1 HISTORY
-
-A comment in the source since at least OpenSSL 1.0.2 said that
-RAND_load_file() and RAND_write_file() were only intended for regular files,
-and not really device special files such as C</dev/random>.  This was
-poorly enforced before OpenSSL 1.1.1.
-
 =head1 COPYRIGHT
 
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