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 OpenSSL CHANGES
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 Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5  [xx XXX 1999]

  *) Precautions against using the PRNG uninitialized: RAND_bytes() now
     has a return value which indicates the quality of the random data
     (1 = ok, 0 = not seeded).  Also an error is recorded on the thread's
     error queue. New function RAND_pseudo_bytes() generates output that is
     guaranteed to be unique but not unpredictable.
     (TO DO: always check the result of RAND_bytes when it is used in the
     library, or use RAND_pseudo_bytes instead, because leaving the
     error in the error queue but reporting success in a function that
     uses RAND_bytes could confuse things considerably.)
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651d0aff RE	3	_______________
651d0aff RE	4
d91e201e RE	5	Changes between 0.9.4 and 0.9.5 [xx XXX 1999]
d91e201e RE	6
eb952088	7	*) Precautions against using the PRNG uninitialized: RAND_bytes() now
0983760d BM	8	has a return value which indicates the quality of the random data
0983760d BM	9	(1 = ok, 0 = not seeded). Also an error is recorded on the thread's
373b575f UM	10	error queue. New function RAND_pseudo_bytes() generates output that is
373b575f UM	11	guaranteed to be unique but not unpredictable.
0983760d	12	(TO DO: always check the result of RAND_bytes when it is used in the
373b575f UM	13	library, or use RAND_pseudo_bytes instead, because leaving the
	14	error in the error queue but reporting success in a function that
	15	uses RAND_bytes could confuse things considerably.)
eb952088 UM	16