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author | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-11 19:16:42 +0000 |
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committer | sam <sam@FreeBSD.org> | 2003-03-11 19:16:42 +0000 |
commit | 6cfbfc1bbb937a582bfde2629291bad85f108c7f (patch) | |
tree | d671dcc089e0065d010d385bd7e32f5c3081be66 /share/man/man4 | |
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manual page for rndtest driver/module
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diff --git a/share/man/man4/Makefile b/share/man/man4/Makefile index 3e40dc3..4efc45d 100644 --- a/share/man/man4/Makefile +++ b/share/man/man4/Makefile @@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ MAN= aac.4 \ raid.4 \ random.4 \ rl.4 \ + rndtest.4 \ route.4 \ rp.4 \ sa.4 \ diff --git a/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 b/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b633a33 --- /dev/null +++ b/share/man/man4/rndtest.4 @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +.\"- +.\" Copyright (c) 2003 Sam Leffler, Errno Consulting +.\" All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" $FreeBSD$ +.\" +.Dd March 11, 2003 +.Dt RNDTEST 4 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm rndtest +.Nd FIPS 140-2 random number generator test monitor +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Cd device rndtest +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +driver ``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'' +is received from the device. +Failures are optionally reported on the console. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr crypto 4 , +.Xr hifn 4 , +.Xr random 4 , +.Xr ubsec 4 , +.Xr crypto 9 +.Sh HISTORY +The idea for this and the original code came from Jason L. Wright. +The +.Nm +device driver first appeared in +.Fx 5.0 . +.Sh BUGS +Crypto device drivers must be compiled specially to make use of this driver; +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''. |