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author | Pauli <ppzgs1@gmail.com> | 2024-07-11 06:36:25 +0200 |
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committer | Pauli <ppzgs1@gmail.com> | 2024-07-17 02:43:21 +0200 |
commit | 4ac531ddcb78e531f9e40166a9d1149b00838f5f (patch) | |
tree | 5822a7080602271e41bb4f8951cecba8837a21a7 /doc/man3 | |
parent | Add unit tests for the TEST-RAND FIPS indicator (diff) | |
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Document the fips-indicator param for the test RNG
Reviewed-by: Shane Lontis <shane.lontis@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Tom Cosgrove <tom.cosgrove@arm.com>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/24851)
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diff --git a/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod b/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod index fb6b98e264..d54766bb99 100644 --- a/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod +++ b/doc/man3/EVP_RAND.pod @@ -267,6 +267,12 @@ Returns the state of the random number generator. Returns the bit strength of the random number generator. +=item "fips-indicator" (B<OSSL_RAND_PARAM_FIPS_APPROVED_INDICATOR>) <integer> + +A getter that returns 1 if the operation is FIPS approved, or 0 otherwise. +This option is used by the OpenSSL FIPS provider and is not supported +by all EVP_RAND sources. + =back For rands that are also deterministic random bit generators (DRBGs), these |