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authormarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-03 14:21:58 +0000
committermarkm <markm@FreeBSD.org>2001-03-03 14:21:58 +0000
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Minor fixes. ManPolice stuff, and a clarification of interrupt
harvesting.
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@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ into the PRNG.
The
.Nm
device can be controlled with
-.Xr sysctl 8 .
+.Ic sysctl .
.Pp
To see the devices' current settings, use the command line:
.Pp
@@ -109,9 +109,8 @@ A zero (0) value means interrupts
are not considered as an entropy source.
Set the variable to one (1)
if you wish to use them for entropy harvesting.
-Currently,
-only hard disk controllers
-are considered as interrupt entropy sources.
+All interrupt harvesting is setup by the
+individual device drivers.
.Pp
The other variables are explained in the paper describing the
.Em Yarrow
@@ -121,6 +120,8 @@ algorithm at
.Bl -tag -width /dev/random
.It Pa /dev/random
.El
+.Sh SEE ALSO
+.Xr sysctl 8
.Sh HISTORY
A
.Nm
@@ -131,7 +132,7 @@ The current implementation,
introduced in
.Fx 5.0 ,
is a complete rewrite by
-.An Mark Murray ,
+.An Mark R V Murray ,
and is an implementation of the
.Em Yarrow
algorithm by Bruce Schneier,
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