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