From d79604183232c8fd50dd573481196710ee0fbdb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: =?utf8?q?Bodo=20M=C3=B6ller?= <bodo@openssl.org>
Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 23:28:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Note about PRNG error message for openssl command line tool.

---
 FAQ | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ
index f571faa05e..a34ccb5c7d 100644
--- a/FAQ
+++ b/FAQ
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ application you are using.  It is likely that it never worked
 correctly.  OpenSSL 0.9.5 makes the error visible by refusing to
 perform potentially insecure encryption.
 
+Most components of the openssl command line tool try to use the
+file $HOME/.rnd (or $RANDFILE, if this environment variable is set)
+for seeding the PRNG.  If this file does not exist or is too short,
+the "PRNG not seeded" error message may occur.
+
 
 * Why does the linker complain about undefined symbols?
 
-- 
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