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diff --git a/doc/api/rand.rst b/doc/api/rand.rst index b531254..18789b8 100644 --- a/doc/api/rand.rst +++ b/doc/api/rand.rst @@ -1,9 +1,11 @@ -.. py:module:: OpenSSL.rand +.. _openssl-rand: + +:py:mod:`rand` --- An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator +============================================================================= -.. _api-openssl-rand: +.. py:module:: OpenSSL.rand + :synopsis: An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator -``rand`` -- An interface to the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator -====================================================================== This module handles the OpenSSL pseudo random number generator (PRNG) and declares the following: @@ -31,9 +33,9 @@ declares the following: .. py:function:: egd(path[, bytes]) - Query the Entropy Gathering Daemon [#entropy-gathering-daemon]_ on socket - *path* for *bytes* bytes of random data and uses :py:func:`add` to seed - the PRNG. The default value of *bytes* is 255. + Query the `Entropy Gathering Daemon <http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/>`_ on + socket *path* for *bytes* bytes of random data and uses :py:func:`add` to + seed the PRNG. The default value of *bytes* is 255. .. py:function:: load_file(path[, bytes]) @@ -75,6 +77,3 @@ declares the following: from the OpenSSL error queue, where each item is a tuple *(lib, function, reason)*. Here *lib*, *function* and *reason* are all strings, describing where and what the problem is. See :manpage:`err(3)` for more information. - - -.. [#entropy-gathering-daemon] See http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/. |