Add srandomdev() description
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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 long seed"
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.Ft int
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.Fn srandomdev void
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.Ft char *
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.Fn initstate "unsigned long seed" "char *state" "long 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
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.Xr urandom 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
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procedure can generate states which are impossible to reproduce by
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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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If successful
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.Fn srandomdev
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returns 0. It returns -1 on failure, and sets
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.Va errno
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to indicate the error.
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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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messages are printed on the standard error output.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr rand 3 ,
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.Xr srand 3
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.Xr srand 3 ,
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.Xr urandom 4
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.Sh HISTORY
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These
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functions appeared in
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