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diff --git a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst index e3880875..d6351c9c 100644 --- a/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst +++ b/docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst @@ -62,7 +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`` is backed by `Fortuna`_. +On Windows the implementation of ``CryptGenRandom`` depends on which version of +the operation system 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``. @@ -71,4 +73,4 @@ from the same pool as ``/dev/random``. .. _`OpenSSL`: https://www.openssl.org/ .. _`initializing the RNG`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenSSL#Vulnerability_in_the_Debian_implementation .. _`Yarrow`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yarrow_algorithm -.. _`Fortuna`: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortuna_(PRNG) +.. _`Microsoft documentation`: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa379942(v=vs.85).aspx |