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author | jmc <> | 2013-10-22 06:51:41 +0000 |
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committer | jmc <> | 2013-10-22 06:51:41 +0000 |
commit | 99f36bb6bbe7e097ecb64645a1a37030afe8efed (patch) | |
tree | 79600f114fbbb23c7ab14fbda7571c11e5caf0d4 /src/lib/libc/crypt | |
parent | 8c1a7ae619cb339f1895ccb376a2ea0e065bf2ff (diff) | |
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tweak previous;
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-rw-r--r-- | src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 | 6 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 b/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 index 5344769d75..476bc28017 100644 --- a/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 +++ b/src/lib/libc/crypt/arc4random.3 | |||
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ | |||
1 | .\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.31 2013/10/22 06:40:36 deraadt Exp $ | 1 | .\" $OpenBSD: arc4random.3,v 1.32 2013/10/22 06:51:41 jmc Exp $ |
2 | .\" | 2 | .\" |
3 | .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> | 3 | .\" Copyright 1997 Niels Provos <provos@physnet.uni-hamburg.de> |
4 | .\" All rights reserved. | 4 | .\" All rights reserved. |
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ as it avoids "modulo bias" when the upper bound is not a power of two. | |||
93 | In the worst case, this function may consume multiple iterations | 93 | In the worst case, this function may consume multiple iterations |
94 | to ensure uniformity; see the source code to understand the problem | 94 | to ensure uniformity; see the source code to understand the problem |
95 | and solution. | 95 | and solution. |
96 | .Pp | ||
97 | .Sh RETURN VALUES | 96 | .Sh RETURN VALUES |
98 | These functions are always successful, and no return value is | 97 | These functions are always successful, and no return value is |
99 | reserved to indicate an error. | 98 | reserved to indicate an error. |
@@ -102,14 +101,13 @@ reserved to indicate an error. | |||
102 | .Xr rand48 3 , | 101 | .Xr rand48 3 , |
103 | .Xr random 3 | 102 | .Xr random 3 |
104 | .Sh HISTORY | 103 | .Sh HISTORY |
105 | .Pp | ||
106 | These functions first appeared in | 104 | These functions first appeared in |
107 | .Ox 2.1 . | 105 | .Ox 2.1 . |
108 | .Pp | 106 | .Pp |
109 | The original version of this random number generator used the | 107 | The original version of this random number generator used the |
110 | RC4 (also known as ARC4) algorithm. | 108 | RC4 (also known as ARC4) algorithm. |
111 | In | 109 | In |
112 | .Ox 5.5 , | 110 | .Ox 5.5 |
113 | it was replaced with the ChaCha20 cipher, and it may be replaced | 111 | it was replaced with the ChaCha20 cipher, and it may be replaced |
114 | again in the future as cryptographic techniques advance. | 112 | again in the future as cryptographic techniques advance. |
115 | A good mnemonic is | 113 | A good mnemonic is |