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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-29 21:28:36 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-05-29 21:28:36 +0000 |
commit | ef7bd611e1004a79a0ea0cf2cea1f15b71549179 (patch) | |
tree | 74b70200b0d17eb96b38ad3ff190ecc1b98308df /share/man/man4/rndtest.4 | |
parent | 2618a96d5eaa02adcc4f5043ef029e9c1bc51c81 (diff) | |
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Assorted mdoc(7) fixes.
Approved by: re (blanket)
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 b/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 index b633a33..fe00c45 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 +++ b/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 @@ -32,18 +32,21 @@ .Nm rndtest .Nd FIPS 140-2 random number generator test monitor .Sh SYNOPSIS -.Cd device rndtest +.Cd "device rndtest" .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -driver ``hooks up'' to hardware crypto devices to monitor the +driver +.Dq "hooks up" +to hardware crypto devices to monitor the entropy data passed to the .Xr random 4 subsystem. This data is periodically tested for FIPS 140-2 compliance and statistics are collected. If the harvested entropy fails any of the FIPS test suite, then -it is discarded and testing is continuously applied until ``good data'' +it is discarded and testing is continuously applied until +.Dq "good data" is received from the device. Failures are optionally reported on the console. .Sh SEE ALSO @@ -53,7 +56,8 @@ Failures are optionally reported on the console. .Xr ubsec 4 , .Xr crypto 9 .Sh HISTORY -The idea for this and the original code came from Jason L. Wright. +The idea for this and the original code came from +.An "Jason L. Wright" . The .Nm device driver first appeared in @@ -64,4 +68,4 @@ this should not be necessary. This feature might better be integrated into the .Xr random 4 subsystem where it can be used applied to devices that claim to supply -``pure entropy''. +.Dq "pure entropy" . |