+It queries 255 bytes and uses L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)> to seed the
+OpenSSL built-in PRNG. RAND_egd(path) is a wrapper for
+RAND_egd_bytes(path, 255);
+
+RAND_egd_bytes() queries the entropy gathering daemon EGD on socket B<path>.
+It queries B<bytes> bytes and uses L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)> to seed the
+OpenSSL built-in PRNG.
+This function is more flexible than RAND_egd().
+When only one secret key must
+be generated, it is not necessary to request the full amount 255 bytes from
+the EGD socket. This can be advantageous, since the amount of entropy
+that can be retrieved from EGD over time is limited.
+
+RAND_query_egd_bytes() performs the actual query of the EGD daemon on socket
+B<path>. If B<buf> is given, B<bytes> bytes are queried and written into
+B<buf>. If B<buf> is NULL, B<bytes> bytes are queried and used to seed the
+OpenSSL built-in PRNG using L<RAND_add(3)|RAND_add(3)>.
+
+=head1 NOTES
+
+On systems without /dev/*random devices providing entropy from the kernel,
+the EGD entropy gathering daemon can be used to collect entropy. It provides
+a socket interface through which entropy can be gathered in chunks up to
+255 bytes. Several chunks can be queried during one connection.
+
+EGD is available from http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/ (C<perl
+Makefile.PL; make; make install> to install). It is run as B<egd>
+I<path>, where I<path> is an absolute path designating a socket. When
+RAND_egd() is called with that path as an argument, it tries to read
+random bytes that EGD has collected. The read is performed in
+non-blocking mode.