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diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod index bd6bc8632394e..e8cbf658b47d8 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BN_rand.pod @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ BN_rand, BN_pseudo_rand, BN_rand_range, BN_pseudo_rand_range - generate pseudo-r =head1 DESCRIPTION BN_rand() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random number of -B<bits> bits in length and stores it in B<rnd>. If B<top> is -1, the +B<bits> in length and stores it in B<rnd>. If B<top> is -1, the most significant bit of the random number can be zero. If B<top> is 0, it is set to 1, and if B<top> is 1, the two most significant bits of the number will be set to 1, so that the product of two such random @@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc. BN_rand_range() generates a cryptographically strong pseudo-random -number B<rnd> in the range 0 <lt>= B<rnd> E<lt> B<range>. +number B<rnd> in the range 0 E<lt>= B<rnd> E<lt> B<range>. BN_pseudo_rand_range() does the same, but is based on BN_pseudo_rand(), and hence numbers generated by it are not necessarily unpredictable. |