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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.10 2000/01/19 05:25:43 pjanzen Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.11 2000/04/03 23:23:48 millert Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.Dd April 19, 1991 |
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.Dt RANDOM 3 |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Nm random , |
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.Nm srandom , |
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.Nm srandomdev , |
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.Nm initstate , |
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.Nm setstate |
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.Nd better random number generator; routines for changing generators |
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.Fn random void |
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.Ft void |
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.Fn srandom "unsigned int seed" |
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.Ft void |
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.Fn srandomdev void |
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.Ft char * |
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.Fn initstate "unsigned int seed" "char *state" "size_t n" |
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.Ft char * |
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as the seed. |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn srandomdev |
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routine initialize a state array using the |
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.Xr arandom 4 |
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random number device which returns good random numbers, |
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suitable for cryptographic use. |
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Note that this particular seeding procedure can generate |
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states which are impossible to reproduce by calling |
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.Fn srandom |
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with any value, since the succeeding terms in the |
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state buffer are no longer derived from the LC algorithm applied to |
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a fixed seed. |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn initstate |
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routine allows a state array, passed in as an argument, to be initialized |
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for future use. The size of the state array (in bytes) is used by |
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.Sh SEE ALSO |
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.Xr arc4random 3 , |
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.Xr drand48 3 , |
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.Xr rand 3 |
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.Xr rand 3 , |
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.Xr random 4 , |
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.Sh STANDARDS |
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The |
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.Fn random , |
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.Fn setstate |
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functions conform to |
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.St -xpg4.2 . |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn srandomdev |
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function is an extension. |
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.Sh HISTORY |
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These |
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functions appeared in |
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