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diff --git a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/BN_generate_prime.pod b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/BN_generate_prime.pod index b6e9145106..31fbc1ffa1 100644 --- a/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/BN_generate_prime.pod +++ b/deps/openssl/openssl/doc/man3/BN_generate_prime.pod @@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ Deprecated: =head1 DESCRIPTION BN_generate_prime_ex() generates a pseudo-random prime number of -at least bit length B<bits>. +at least bit length B<bits>. The returned number is probably prime +with a negligible error. + If B<ret> is not B<NULL>, it will be used to store the number. If B<cb> is not B<NULL>, it is used as follows: @@ -89,8 +91,9 @@ generator. If B<safe> is true, it will be a safe prime (i.e. a prime p so that (p-1)/2 is also prime). -The PRNG must be seeded prior to calling BN_generate_prime_ex(). -The prime number generation has a negligible error probability. +The random generator must be seeded prior to calling BN_generate_prime_ex(). +If the automatic seeding or reseeding of the OpenSSL CSPRNG fails due to +external circumstances (see L<RAND(7)>), the operation will fail. BN_is_prime_ex() and BN_is_prime_fasttest_ex() test if the number B<p> is prime. The following tests are performed until one of them shows that @@ -193,7 +196,8 @@ Instead applications should create a BN_GENCB structure using BN_GENCB_new: =head1 SEE ALSO L<DH_generate_parameters(3)>, L<DSA_generate_parameters(3)>, -L<RSA_generate_key(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)> +L<RSA_generate_key(3)>, L<ERR_get_error(3)>, L<RAND_bytes(3)>, +L<RAND(7)> =head1 HISTORY @@ -202,7 +206,7 @@ and BN_GENCB_get_arg() functions were added in OpenSSL 1.1.0. =head1 COPYRIGHT -Copyright 2000-2018 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. +Copyright 2000-2019 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved. Licensed under the OpenSSL license (the "License"). You may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You can obtain a copy |