[openssl] master update

matthias.st.pierre at ncp-e.com matthias.st.pierre at ncp-e.com
Sun Mar 8 21:47:26 UTC 2020


The branch master has been updated
       via  a08e2bf548507443ce9a020dd4cc68a57c27a8b7 (commit)
      from  c339c702f6043fabd09904044f967e71629bc40f (commit)


- Log -----------------------------------------------------------------
commit a08e2bf548507443ce9a020dd4cc68a57c27a8b7
Author: Dr. Matthias St. Pierre <Matthias.St.Pierre at ncp-e.com>
Date:   Wed Mar 4 23:13:24 2020 +0100

    doc: slightly reformulate 'openssl(1)/Random State Options' section
    
    Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tmraz at fedoraproject.org>
    (Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/11252)

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Summary of changes:
 doc/man1/openssl.pod | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/man1/openssl.pod b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
index 2f56ab7592..ff66846337 100644
--- a/doc/man1/openssl.pod
+++ b/doc/man1/openssl.pod
@@ -727,11 +727,11 @@ Do not use the default store.
 
 =head2 Random State Options
 
-Prior to OpenSSL 3.0, it was common for applications to store information
+Prior to OpenSSL 1.1.1, it was common for applications to store information
 about the state of the random-number generator in a file that was loaded
 at startup and rewritten upon exit. On modern operating systems, this is
-generally no longer necessary as OpenSSL will seed itself from the
-appropriate CPU flags, device files, and so on. These flags are still
+generally no longer necessary as OpenSSL will seed itself from a trusted
+entropy source provided by the operating system. These flags are still
 supported for special platforms or circumstances that might require them.
 
 It is generally an error to use the same seed file more than once and


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