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[silc.git] / lib / silccrypt / silcrng.h

diff --git a/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h b/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
index f0666aaf160b7f8a54964d8c544b91fc3682dd7d..ef52b03a49f9a31e620dba153ee7208ca34419e3 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
+++ b/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@
  * Every time data is acquired from any source, the pool is stirred. The
  * stirring process performs an CFB (cipher feedback) encryption with SHA1
  * algorithm to the entire random pool. First it acquires an IV (Initial
- * Vector) from the constant location of the pool and performs the first CFB
- * pass. Then it acquires a new encryption key from variable location of the
- * pool and performs the second CFB pass. The encryption key thus is always
- * acquired from unguessable data.
+ * Vector) from the constant (random) location of the pool and performs
+ * the first CFB pass. Then it acquires a new encryption key from variable
+ * location of the pool and performs the second CFB pass. The encryption
+ * key thus is always acquired from unguessable data.
  *
  * The encryption process to the entire random pool assures that it is
  * impossible to learn the input data to the random pool without breaking the
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
  *
  * The second threshhold gets hard noise from system and stirs the random
  * pool. The threshhold is reached after 160 bits of random output. After the
- * noise is acquired (from /dev/random) the random pool is stirred and the
+ * noise is acquired (from /dev/urandom) the random pool is stirred and the
  * threshholds are set to zero. The process is repeated again after 64 bits of
  * output for first threshhold and after 160 bits of output for the second
  * threshhold.
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ void silc_rng_add_noise(SilcRng rng, unsigned char *buffer, uint32 len);
 int silc_rng_global_init(SilcRng rng);
 int silc_rng_global_uninit();
 unsigned char silc_rng_global_get_byte();
+unsigned char silc_rng_global_get_byte_fast();
 uint16 silc_rng_global_get_rn16();
 uint32 silc_rng_global_get_rn32();
 unsigned char *silc_rng_global_get_rn_string(uint32 len);