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| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp | 7 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp b/src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp index 56c356eba..e578a4ed5 100644 --- a/src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp +++ b/src/lib/entropy/getentropy/getentropy.cpp @@ -12,12 +12,13 @@ namespace Botan { /** -* Gather BOTAN_SYSTEM_RNG_POLL_REQUEST bytes entropy from getentropy(2). -* This is 64 bytes, note that maximum buffer size is limited to 256 bytes. +* Gather 256 bytes entropy from getentropy(2). Note that maximum +* buffer size is limited to 256 bytes. On OpenBSD this does neither +* block nor fail. */ size_t Getentropy::poll(RandomNumberGenerator& rng) { - secure_vector<uint8_t> buf(BOTAN_SYSTEM_RNG_POLL_REQUEST); + secure_vector<uint8_t> buf(256); if(::getentropy(buf.data(), buf.size()) == 0) { |