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Diffstat (limited to 'src/random.h')
-rw-r--r-- | src/random.h | 16 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/src/random.h b/src/random.h index b6e70fcb1f..82dd6ecf9f 100644 --- a/src/random.h +++ b/src/random.h @@ -40,17 +40,17 @@ * 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 @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void GetStrongRandBytes(unsigned char* buf, int num) noexcept; * * Thread-safe. */ -void RandAddPeriodic(); +void RandAddPeriodic() noexcept; /** * Gathers entropy from the low bits of the time at which events occur. Should |