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| author | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-19 20:08:01 +0000 |
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| committer | markm <markm@FreeBSD.org> | 2001-02-19 20:08:01 +0000 |
| commit | ddf672d032976f9d764df7a24087715788097714 (patch) | |
| tree | 260c166ecd76ac55578e4906e1faaca0dd3a918b /share/man/man4/random.4 | |
| parent | aa6ca61ecfb34832b8b46b5286990928269d0c8e (diff) | |
| download | FreeBSD-src-ddf672d032976f9d764df7a24087715788097714.zip FreeBSD-src-ddf672d032976f9d764df7a24087715788097714.tar.gz | |
Cosmetic and spelling fixes. Includes some MDOC policework.
Submitted by: ru (mostly)
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man4/random.4')
| -rw-r--r-- | share/man/man4/random.4 | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man4/random.4 b/share/man/man4/random.4 index ce6879d..af55788 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/random.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/random.4 @@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ To see the devices' current settings, use the command line: .Pp .Dl sysctl kern.random .Pp -which results in someting like: +which results in something like: .Pp .Bd -literal -offset indent kern.random.sys.seeded: 1 @@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ kern.random.yarrow.slowoverthresh: 2 All settings are read/write. .Pp The -.Li kern.random.sys.seeded +.Va kern.random.sys.seeded variable indicates whether or not the .Nm device is in an acceptably secure state @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ or as a result of entropy harvesting). A reseed will set the value to 1 (non-blocking). .Pp The -.Li kern.random.sys.harvest_ethernet +.Va kern.random.sys.harvest_ethernet variable is used to select LAN traffic as an entropy source. A zero (0) value means that LAN traffic is not considered as an entropy source. @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Set the variable to one (1) if you wish to use LAN traffic for entropy harvesting. .Pp The -.Li kern.random.sys.harvest_point_to_point +.Va kern.random.sys.harvest_point_to_point variable is used to select serial line traffic as an entropy source. (Serial line traffic includes PPP, SLIP and all tun0 traffic.) A zero (0) value means such traffic @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Set the variable to one (1) if you wish to use it for entropy harvesting. .Pp The -.Li kern.random.sys.interrupt +.Va kern.random.sys.interrupt variable is used to select hardware interrupts as an entropy source. A zero (0) value means interrupts @@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ are considered as interrupt entropy sources. The other variables are explained in the paper describing the .Em Yarrow algorithm at -.Li http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html . +.Pa http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html . .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width /dev/random .It Pa /dev/random |
