[openssl-commits] [openssl] master update

Kurt Roeckx kurt at openssl.org
Sun Jul 8 16:53:55 UTC 2018


The branch master has been updated
       via  68b3cbd448e096bf3954d30de058d18615f9c257 (commit)
      from  74bfb980377f43367035959a2c0afb5ec501c033 (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit 68b3cbd448e096bf3954d30de058d18615f9c257
Author: Kurt Roeckx <kurt at roeckx.be>
Date:   Sat Jul 7 10:55:18 2018 +0200

    Update DRBG CHANGES section
    
    Reviewed-by: Tim Hudson <tjh at openssl.org>
    Reviewed-by: Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre at ncp-e.com>
    GH: #6666

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Summary of changes:
 CHANGES | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index 2eb90a9..4765e0b 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -196,12 +196,12 @@
 
      Some of its new features are:
       o Support for multiple DRBG instances with seed chaining.
-      o Add a public DRBG instance for the default RAND method.
-      o Add a dedicated DRBG instance for generating long term private keys.
-      o Make the DRBG instances fork-safe.
+      o The default RAND method makes use of a DRBG.
+      o There is a public and private DRBG instance.
+      o The DRBG instances are fork-safe.
       o Keep all global DRBG instances on the secure heap if it is enabled.
-      o Add a DRBG instance to every SSL instance for lock free operation
-        and to increase unpredictability.
+      o The public and private DRBG instance are per thread for lock free
+        operation
      [Paul Dale, Benjamin Kaduk, Kurt Roeckx, Rich Salz, Matthias St. Pierre]
 
   *) Changed Configure so it only says what it does and doesn't dump


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