Module Name: src
Committed By: riastradh
Date: Fri May 1 19:56:08 UTC 2020
Modified Files:
src/share/man/man4: rnd.4
Log Message:
Combine some related paragraphs.
To generate a diff of this commit:
cvs rdiff -u -r1.32 -r1.33 src/share/man/man4/rnd.4
Please note that diffs are not public domain; they are subject to the
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Modified files:
Index: src/share/man/man4/rnd.4
diff -u src/share/man/man4/rnd.4:1.32 src/share/man/man4/rnd.4:1.33
--- src/share/man/man4/rnd.4:1.32 Fri May 1 19:54:37 2020
+++ src/share/man/man4/rnd.4 Fri May 1 19:56:08 2020
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: rnd.4,v 1.32 2020/05/01 19:54:37 riastradh Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: rnd.4,v 1.33 2020/05/01 19:56:08 riastradh Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 2014-2020 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
.\" All rights reserved.
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ Systems should be engineered to judiciou
at boot before running any services that talk to the internet or
otherwise require cryptography, in order to avoid generating keys
predictably.
-.Pp
.Pa /dev/random
may block at any time, so programs that read from it must be prepared
to handle blocking.
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ or
.Pa /dev/urandom
influences subsequent output of both devices, guaranteed to take
effect at next open.
-.Pp
If you have a coin in your pocket, you can flip it 256 times and feed
the outputs to
.Pa /dev/random