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author | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-11-29 11:39:20 +0000 |
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committer | ru <ru@FreeBSD.org> | 2002-11-29 11:39:20 +0000 |
commit | 6d3a461a4f20776be1a83de2eada39cb152efd48 (patch) | |
tree | e178090675cafc86fcb97bb414bb098780299953 /share/man/man9/random.9 | |
parent | da32bc58a0c07d9ab5fab6a3dc0c10e746ac2dbd (diff) | |
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mdoc(7) police: scheduled sweep.
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diff --git a/share/man/man9/random.9 b/share/man/man9/random.9 index 98d0ffa..e8f365f 100644 --- a/share/man/man9/random.9 +++ b/share/man/man9/random.9 @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ .Os .Dt RANDOM 9 .Sh NAME +.Nm arc4rand , .Nm arc4random , .Nm random , .Nm read_random , @@ -58,11 +59,11 @@ by calling with .Ql 1 as the -.Ar seed . +.Fa seed . The .Fn srandom function may be called with any arbitrary -.Ar seed +.Fa seed value to get slightly more unpredictable numbers. It is important to remember that the .Fn random @@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ are seeded from the entropy device if it is available. Automatic reseeds happen after a certain timeinterval and after a certain number of bytes have been delivered. A forced reseed can be forced by passing a non-zero value in the -.Ar reseed +.Fa reseed argument. .Pp The @@ -87,17 +88,17 @@ The function is used to return entropy directly from the entropy device if it has been loaded. If the entropy device is not loaded, then the -.Ar buffer +.Fa buffer is filled with output generated by .Fn random . The -.Ar buffer +.Fa buffer is filled with no more than -.Ar count +.Fa count bytes. It is advised that .Fn read_random is not used; instead use -.Fn arc4rand +.Fn arc4rand .Pp All the bits generated by .Fn random , @@ -133,7 +134,7 @@ bytes. The .Fn arc4random function -uses +uses .Fn arc4rand to generate pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to .if t 2\u\s732\s10\d\(mi1. @@ -142,7 +143,7 @@ to generate pseudo-random numbers in the range from 0 to The .Fn read_random function returns the number of bytes placed in -.Ar buffer . +.Fa buffer . .Sh AUTHORS .An Dan Moschuk wrote |