From 012bfbc69f8e722bd446482dbec663f71f14e889 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Kehrer Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2014 23:37:51 -0600 Subject: less confusing language --- docs/hazmat/backends/openssl.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) 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``. -- cgit v1.2.3