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

diff --git a/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h b/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
index 630f76ee903b05c86a1e6ca18a06475414ee06e1..f0666aaf160b7f8a54964d8c544b91fc3682dd7d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
+++ b/lib/silccrypt/silcrng.h
@@ -1,24 +1,26 @@
-/****h* silccrypt/silcrng.h
- *
- * NAME
- *
- * silcSilcRng.h
- *
- * COPYRIGHT
- *
- * Author: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@poseidon.pspt.fi>
- *
- * Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Pekka Riikonen
- *
- * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * GNU General Public License for more details.
+/*
+
+  silcrng.h
+ 
+  COPYRIGHT
+ 
+  Author: Pekka Riikonen <priikone@poseidon.pspt.fi>
+ 
+  Copyright (C) 1997 - 2001 Pekka Riikonen
+ 
+  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+ 
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ 
+*/
+
+/****h* silccrypt/SilcRNGAPI
  *
  * DESCRIPTION
  *
@@ -147,7 +149,7 @@
  * The RNG must also assure that any old or future random numbers are not
  * compromised if an adversary would learn the initial input data (or any
  * input data for that matter). The SILC's RNG provides good protection for
- * this even if the some of the output bits would be compromised in old or
+ * this even if the some of the input bits would be compromised for old or
  * future random numbers. The RNG reinitalizes (reseeds) itself using the
  * threshholds after every 64 and 160 bits of output. This is considered to be
  * adequate even if some of the bits would get compromised. Also, the
@@ -160,6 +162,13 @@
  * random data for future initializing. This is important and must be
  * implemented in the future.
  *
+ * The caller must be cautios when using this RNG with native WIN32 system.
+ * The RNG most likely is impossible to set in unguessable state just by
+ * using the RNG's input data sources.  On WIN32 it is stronly suggested
+ * that caller would add more random noise after the initialization of the
+ * RNG using the silc_rng_add_noise function.  For example, random mouse
+ * movements may be used.
+ *
  ***/
 
 #ifndef SILCRNG_H