From 30287d2d655e1a9fe476477b6c74b62f816f37d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jay Berkenbilt Date: Sat, 30 Nov 2013 12:25:01 -0500 Subject: Allow OS-provided secure random to be disabled --- ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'ChangeLog') diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index 84b8297c..fc880375 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -9,6 +9,13 @@ OS-provided or insecure random number generation. See documentation for 5.1.0 for details. + * Add configure option --enable-os-secure-random (enabled by + default). Pass --disable-os-secure-random or define + SKIP_OS_SECURE_RANDOM to avoid attempts to use the operating + system-provided secure random number generation. This can be + especially useful on Windows if you wish to avoid any dependency + on Microsoft's cryptography system. + 2013-11-29 Jay Berkenbilt * If NO_GET_ENVIRONMENT is #defined, for Windows only, -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf