EGD socket info.

diff --git a/doc/apps/ca.pod b/doc/apps/ca.pod
index 02769121d33cebc83a4a962d7b68ec671dabd273..03209aa6b17a14e892c871efb786ff1771e8a1cd 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/ca.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/ca.pod
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ CA private key. Mandatory.
 
 =item B<RANDFILE>
 
-a file used to read and write random number seed information.
+a file used to read and write random number seed information, or
+an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
 
 =item B<default_days>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/dhparam.pod b/doc/apps/dhparam.pod
index 6e335f43acf19b19a67d2d468acc8f1f90b49536..6b237ec05a99c1e309a71236e8ab74baf1cfaa51 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/dhparam.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/dhparam.pod
@@ -58,9 +58,10 @@ input file is ignored and parameters are generated instead.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>. For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/dsaparam.pod b/doc/apps/dsaparam.pod
index ae89de790babae9e1919f931a379b42ba5245a08..8647f34698c159864a651b12a8d05e6a9a8231fc 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/dsaparam.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/dsaparam.pod
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ parameters.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/gendsa.pod b/doc/apps/gendsa.pod
index eb47dc0c1d3b7de3cacc7788aa8e2a941ea2a93d..3314ace5172817d29750ec98799ec65238f05988 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/gendsa.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/gendsa.pod
@@ -32,9 +32,10 @@ If none of these options is specified no encryption is used.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =item B<paramfile>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/genrsa.pod b/doc/apps/genrsa.pod
index 4f2947bb3898f85f1397c88e519e48860d6de5d7..a2d878410b08daa88c0d97a6da5df30707a21d4e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/genrsa.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/genrsa.pod
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ the public exponent to use, either 65537 or 3. The default is 65537.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =item B<numbits>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod b/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
index 0aa2f8e16df4afa5649f094c8bbfd379a1038bb3..241f9c4a8b059d6b896768f58b2ac4a532143b43 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/pkcs12.pod
@@ -242,9 +242,10 @@ to be needed to use MAC iterations counts but they are now used by default.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =back
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/req.pod b/doc/apps/req.pod
index 6500fee49b655731f502b323efaf7e47dfa556a6..fde6ff2e9fe460f9c13a7802180b147bcd92d409 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/req.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/req.pod
@@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ and long names are the same when this option is used.
 =item B<RANDFILE>
 
 This specifies a filename in which random number seed information is
-placed and read from. It is used for private key generation.
+placed and read from, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+It is used for private key generation.
 
 =item B<encrypt_key>
 

diff --git a/doc/apps/smime.pod b/doc/apps/smime.pod
index 79e070d6aad55a6d323293aebd923c1896333ec5..631ecdc241ee8ab6864836046f886d51f39be130 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apps/smime.pod
+++ b/doc/apps/smime.pod
@@ -177,9 +177,10 @@ the B<-recip> or B<-signer> file.
 =item B<-rand file(s)>
 
 a file or files containing random data used to seed the random number
-generator. Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent
-character.  For MS-Windows, the separator is B<;>.  For OpenVMS, it's
-B<,>.  For all others, it's B<:>.
+generator, or an EGD socket (see L<RAND_egd(3)|RAND_egd(3)>).
+Multiple files can be specified separated by a OS-dependent character.
+The separator is B<;> for MS-Windows, B<,> for OpenVSM, and B<:> for
+all others.
 
 =item B<cert.pem...>