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arc4random_stir() does not use /dev/arandom anymore, but sysctl kern.arandom

OPENBSD_4_4
deraadt 16 years ago
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src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 View File

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.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.24 2008/03/16 22:18:24 jmc Exp $
.\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.25 2008/06/08 18:37:09 deraadt Exp $
.\" .\"
.\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de>
.\" All rights reserved. .\" All rights reserved.
@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
.\" .\"
.\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros .\" Manual page, using -mandoc macros
.\" .\"
.Dd $Mdocdate: March 16 2008 $
.Dd $Mdocdate: June 8 2008 $
.Dt ARC4RANDOM 3 .Dt ARC4RANDOM 3
.Os .Os
.Sh NAME .Sh NAME
@ -96,8 +96,10 @@ as it avoids "modulo bias" when the upper bound is not a power of two.
.Pp .Pp
The The
.Fn arc4random_stir .Fn arc4random_stir
function reads data from
.Pa /dev/arandom
function reads data using
.Xr sysctl 2
from
.Pa kern.arandom
and uses it to permute the S-Boxes via and uses it to permute the S-Boxes via
.Fn arc4random_addrandom . .Fn arc4random_addrandom .
.Pp .Pp


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