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2005-04-27 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi (HTTPS (SSL/TLS) Options): Document --random-file.
2005-04-27 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org> 2005-04-27 Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@xemacs.org>
* wget.texi: Improve wording of command descriptions. * wget.texi: Improve wording of command descriptions.

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@ -1385,6 +1385,24 @@ it allows Wget to fetch certificates on demand.
Without this option Wget looks for CA certificates at the Without this option Wget looks for CA certificates at the
system-specified locations, chosen at OpenSSL installation time. system-specified locations, chosen at OpenSSL installation time.
@cindex entropy, specifying source of
@cindex randomness, specifying source of
@item --random-file=@var{file}
Use @var{file} as the source of random data for seeding the
pseudo-random number generator on systems without @file{/dev/random}.
On such systems the SSL library needs an external source of randomness
to initialize. Randomness may be provided by EGD (see
@samp{--egd-file} below) or read from an external source specified by
the user. If this option is not specified, Wget looks for random data
in @code{$RANDFILE} or, if that is unset, in @file{$HOME/.rnd}. If
none of those are available, it is likely that SSL encryption will not
be usable.
If you're getting the ``Could not seed OpenSSL PRNG; disabling SSL.''
error, you should provide random data using some of the methods
described above.
@cindex EGD @cindex EGD
@item --egd-file=@var{file} @item --egd-file=@var{file}
Use @var{file} as the EGD socket. EGD stands for @dfn{Entropy Use @var{file} as the EGD socket. EGD stands for @dfn{Entropy
@ -2695,6 +2713,10 @@ mbytes (@samp{m} appended). Thus @samp{quota = 5m} will set the quota
to 5 megabytes. Note that the user's startup file overrides system to 5 megabytes. Note that the user's startup file overrides system
settings. settings.
@item random_file = @var{file}
Use @var{file} as a source of randomness on systems lacking
@file{/dev/random}.
@item read_timeout = @var{n} @item read_timeout = @var{n}
Set the read (and write) timeout---the same as Set the read (and write) timeout---the same as
@samp{--read-timeout=@var{n}}. @samp{--read-timeout=@var{n}}.