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.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF |
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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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.\" SUCH DAMAGE. |
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.\" |
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.\" |
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.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.23 2014/07/13 14:25:00 tedu Exp $ |
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.\" $OpenBSD: random.3,v 1.24 2014/07/17 23:12:28 deraadt Exp $ |
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.\" |
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.\" |
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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 13 2014 $ |
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.Dd $Mdocdate: July 17 2014 $ |
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.Dt RANDOM 3 |
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.Dt RANDOM 3 |
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.Os |
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.Os |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Sh NAME |
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.Ft char * |
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.Ft char * |
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.Fn setstate "char *state" |
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.Fn setstate "char *state" |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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.Sh DESCRIPTION |
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.Bf -symbolic |
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This interface is not cryptographically secure, so consider using |
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.Xr arc4random 3 |
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instead. |
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.Ef |
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.Pp |
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The |
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.Fn random |
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.Fn random |
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function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing |
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function uses a non-linear additive feedback random number generator employing |
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