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.\" $NetBSD: rndctl.8,v 1.10 2001/11/16 10:25:50 wiz Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: rndctl.8,v 1.11 2001/11/16 12:08:19 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1997 Michael Graff
.\" All rights reserved.
@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pseudo-driver, and allows the administrator to control which sources
are allowed to contribute to the randomness pool maintained by
.Xr rnd 4 ,
as well as whether a given source is counts as strongly random.
.Sh OPTIONS
.Pp
The following options are available:
.Bl -tag -width 123456
.It Fl C
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.Ar devname
is altered or displayed.
.El
.Sh WARNINGS
Turning on entropy estimation from unsafe or predictable sources will
weaken system security, while turning on entropy collection from such
sources may weaken system security.
.Pp
Care should be taken when using this command.
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/urandomx -compact
.It Pa /dev/random
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.It Pa /dev/urandom
Always returns data, degenerates to a pseudo-random generator
.El
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rnd 4 ,
.Xr rnd 9
.Sh HISTORY
The
.Nm
program was first made available in
.Nx 1.3 .
.Sh AUTHOR
.Sh AUTHORS
The
.Nm
program was written by Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr rnd 4 ,
.Xr rnd 9
.Sh BUGS
Turning on entropy estimation from unsafe or predictable sources will
weaken system security, while turning on entropy collection from such
sources may weaken system security.
.Pp
Care should be taken when using this command.