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| -rw-r--r-- | src/lib/rng/auto_rng/auto_rng.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/rng/auto_rng/auto_rng.h b/src/lib/rng/auto_rng/auto_rng.h index 866c56e12..49663cbea 100644 --- a/src/lib/rng/auto_rng/auto_rng.h +++ b/src/lib/rng/auto_rng/auto_rng.h @@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) AutoSeeded_RNG final : public RandomNumberGenerator AutoSeeded_RNG(size_t reseed_interval = BOTAN_RNG_DEFAULT_RESEED_INTERVAL); /** - * Uses the BOTAN_AUTO_RNG_DRBG RNG to gather seed material. + * Create an AutoSeeded_RNG which will get seed material from some other + * RNG instance. For example you could provide a reference to the system + * RNG or a hardware RNG. * * @param underlying_rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used * to perform the periodic reseeding @@ -63,7 +65,8 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) AutoSeeded_RNG final : public RandomNumberGenerator size_t reseed_interval = BOTAN_RNG_DEFAULT_RESEED_INTERVAL); /** - * Uses the BOTAN_AUTO_RNG_DRBG RNG to gather seed material. + * Create an AutoSeeded_RNG which will get seed material from a set of + * entropy sources. * * @param entropy_sources will be polled to perform reseeding periodically * @param reseed_interval specifies a limit of how many times @@ -73,7 +76,8 @@ class BOTAN_PUBLIC_API(2,0) AutoSeeded_RNG final : public RandomNumberGenerator size_t reseed_interval = BOTAN_RNG_DEFAULT_RESEED_INTERVAL); /** - * Uses the BOTAN_AUTO_RNG_DRBG RNG to gather seed material. + * Create an AutoSeeded_RNG which will get seed material from both an + * underlying RNG and a set of entropy sources. * * @param underlying_rng is a reference to some RNG which will be used * to perform the periodic reseeding |