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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst | 5 |
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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst index 7f86d87e..79fa0b32 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst @@ -62,8 +62,9 @@ OS Random Sources On OS X and FreeBSD ``/dev/urandom`` is an alias for ``/dev/random`` and utilizes the `Yarrow`_ algorithm. -On Windows ``CryptGenRandom`` can use a variety of algorithms depending on the -version. View the `Microsoft documentation`_ for more details. +On Windows the implementation of ``CryptGenRandom`` depends on which version of +the operation sytem you are using. See the `Microsoft documentation`_ for more +details. Linux uses its own PRNG design. ``/dev/urandom`` is a non-blocking source seeded from the same pool as ``/dev/random``. |