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authorru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-16 08:33:57 +0000
committerru <ru@FreeBSD.org>2004-06-16 08:33:57 +0000
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@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
.Sh DESCRIPTION
The
.Nm
+device
returns an endless supply of random bytes when read.
It also accepts and reads data
as any ordinary (and willing) file,
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ kern.random.yarrow.fastthresh: 100
kern.random.yarrow.slowthresh: 160
kern.random.yarrow.slowoverthresh: 2
.Ed
+.Pp
(These would not be seen if a
hardware generator is present.)
.Pp
@@ -322,7 +324,7 @@ algorithm by Bruce Schneier,
.Em et al .
The only hardware implementation
currently is for the
-.Em VIA C3 Nehemiah
+.Tn VIA C3 Nehemiah
(stepping 3 or greater)
CPU.
More will be added in the future.
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