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author | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2019-11-18 09:58:10 -0500 |
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committer | fanquake <fanquake@gmail.com> | 2019-11-18 10:22:08 -0500 |
commit | 461e547877da0c04db69e067c923cc4540aab03a (patch) | |
tree | 9fc7a9230c7dac91475ac98b91f614f6d4a9c1f5 /src/random.h | |
parent | 6fde676f647e3b43cf0f5b242a00896f361ea385 (diff) |
doc: correct random.h docs after #17270
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h index 7768f9d3c5..76b3493c5d 100644 --- a/src/random.h +++ b/src/random.h @@ -41,17 +41,17 @@ * These entropy sources are slower, but designed to make sure the RNG state contains * fresh data that is unpredictable to attackers. * - * - RandAddSeedSleep() seeds everything that fast seeding includes, but additionally: - * - A high-precision timestamp before and after sleeping 1ms. - * - (On Windows) Once every 10 minutes, performance monitoring data from the OS. - - - Once every minute, strengthen the entropy for 10 ms using repeated SHA512. - * These just exploit the fact the system is idle to improve the quality of the RNG - * slightly. + * - RandAddPeriodic() seeds everything that fast seeding includes, but additionally: + * - A high-precision timestamp + * - Dynamic environment data (performance monitoring, ...) + * - Strengthen the entropy for 10 ms using repeated SHA512. + * This is run once every minute. * * On first use of the RNG (regardless of what function is called first), all entropy * sources used in the 'slow' seeder are included, but also: * - 256 bits from the hardware RNG (rdseed or rdrand) when available. - * - (On Windows) Performance monitoring data from the OS. + * - Dynamic environment data (performance monitoring, ...) + * - Static environment data * - Strengthen the entropy for 100 ms using repeated SHA512. * * When mixing in new entropy, H = SHA512(entropy || old_rng_state) is computed, and |