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| author | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2013-11-06 22:16:06 +0000 |
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| committer | lloyd <[email protected]> | 2013-11-06 22:16:06 +0000 |
| commit | 921bbf14eedebe7f676a514d83aaa13073a9061b (patch) | |
| tree | 1e58fc78ee1ab12091328d42feddba86ccfa8686 /doc/log.txt | |
| parent | 6c7ab3da9d189df09fb52a97e1c184198eef0c43 (diff) | |
HMAC_RNG will now reseed itself on occasion
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/log.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/log.txt b/doc/log.txt index e112128b3..8bf2ed98a 100644 --- a/doc/log.txt +++ b/doc/log.txt @@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ Version 1.10.6, Not Yet Released * The device reading entropy source now attempts to read from all available devices. Previously it would break out early if a partial read from a blocking source occured, not continuing to read from a - non-blocking device. Reported by Rickard Bellgrim. + non-blocking device. This would cause the library to fall back on + slower and less reliable techniques for collecting PRNG seed + material. Reported by Rickard Bellgrim. + +* HMAC_RNG (the default PRNG implementation) now automatically reseeds + itself periodically. Previously reseeds only occured on explicit + application request. * Fix an encoding error in EC_Group when encoding using EC_DOMPAR_ENC_OID. Reported by fxdupont on github. |