From 13ffbefb0f31439fee14ba581fe3ebac3cdea1fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tedu <> Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2014 14:24:23 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] remove a lie spotted by guenther --- src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 | 9 ++++----- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 index fdb78848..f66c4ce9 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/stdlib/random.3 @@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" -.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.21 2013/06/05 03:39:23 tedu Exp $ +.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.22 2014/07/13 14:24:23 tedu Exp $ .\" -.Dd $Mdocdate: June 5 2013 $ +.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $ .Dt RANDOM 3 .Os .Sh NAME @@ -89,9 +89,8 @@ as the seed. .Pp The .Fn srandomdev -routine initializes a state array using -random numbers obtained from the kernel, -suitable for cryptographic use. +switches to an algorithm using state derived from +random numbers obtained from the kernel. Note that this particular seeding procedure can generate states which are impossible to reproduce by calling .Fn srandom