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| author |   jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-01-07 08:23:27 +0000 |
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| committer | jmc <jmc@openbsd.org> | 2011-01-07 08:23:27 +0000 |
| commit | dc2e4e378382fcf9f6b5cd7f00358f93f4d0d2c3 (patch) | |
| tree | 2f424f8fa60ab948a4204dd45d1fde24249d7f15 | |
| parent | do not rely on rndvar.h leaking shit into the namespace (diff) | |
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tweak previous; ok deraadt
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/random.4 | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index 2df81c1c70f..ce43a8615fe 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.\" $OpenBSD: random.4,v 1.25 2011/01/06 15:53:51 deraadt Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: random.4,v 1.26 2011/01/07 08:23:27 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 1996, 1997 Michael Shalayeff .\" @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: January 6 2011 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: January 7 2011 $ .Dt RANDOM 4 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ devices produce random output data with different random qualities. Entropy data is collected from system activity (like disk, network, and clock device interrupts and such), and then run through various hash or message digest functions to generate the output. -All the random devices are expected to provide high high-quality +All the random devices are expected to provide high quality pseudo-random output data. .Pp The @@ -48,10 +48,9 @@ The function in userland libraries seeds itself from this device (or with the .Xr sysctl 3 -interface) +interface), providing a second level of ARC4 hashed data without the need to access these devices every time. -.El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/arandom -compact .It Pa /dev/random |