From: Dr. Stephen Henson <steve@openssl.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 11:32:09 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify wording a little.
X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL_0_9_8f~22
X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=015052cf7b353ee6a7be0318f48d871979dac902;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git

Clarify wording a little.
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diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index e00651e9c5..e2e1c2f92e 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -897,16 +897,14 @@ thread-safe):
 
 * Why does Valgrind complain about the use of uninitialized data?
 
-OpenSSL does internally call its own PRNG routines to retrieve random
-numbers. It so does with uninitialed buffer contents. The buffer
-contents is mixed into the entropy pool so that it technically does
-not matter whether the buffer is initialized at this point or not.
-Valgrind (and other test tools) will complain whatsoever. When
-using Valgrind, make sure to use an OpenSSL library that has been
-compiled with the PEDANTIC macro being defined (-DPEDANTIC) to
-get rid of these warnings. Compling with -DPURIFY will help as well.
-
-The PEDANTIC macro was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8f.
+When OpenSSL's PRNG routines are called to generate random numbers the supplied
+buffer contents are mixed into the entropy pool: so it technically does not
+matter whether the buffer is initialized at this point or not.  Valgrind (and
+other test tools) will complain about this. When using Valgrind, make sure the
+OpenSSL library has been compiled with the PEDANTIC macro defined (-DPEDANTIC)
+to get rid of these warnings.  Compling with -DPURIFY will help as well.
+
+The use of PEDANTIC with the PRNG was added in OpenSSL 0.9.8f.
 
 
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