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230 lines
7.5 KiB
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.\" $NetBSD: rnd.9,v 1.22 2012/07/12 00:07:36 pgoyette Exp $
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.\" Copyright (c) 1997 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.\"
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.\" This documentation is derived from text contributed to The NetBSD
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.\" Foundation by S.P.Zeidler (aka stargazer).
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.\"
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.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
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.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
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.\" are met:
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.\" TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
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.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
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.\"
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.Dd December 17, 2011
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.Dt RND 9
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.Os
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.Sh NAME
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.Nm RND ,
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.Nm rnd_attach_source ,
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.Nm rnd_detach_source ,
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.Nm rnd_add_data ,
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.Nm rnd_add_uint32
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.Nd functions to make a device available for entropy collection
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.Sh SYNOPSIS
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.In sys/rnd.h
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.Ft void
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.Fn rnd_attach_source "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "char *devname" "uint32_t source_type" "uint32_t flags"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rnd_detach_source "krndsource_t *rnd_source"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rnd_add_data "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "void *data" "uint32_t len" "uint32_t entropy"
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.Ft void
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.Fn rnd_add_uint32 "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "uint32_t datum"
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.Sh DESCRIPTION
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These
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.Nm
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functions make a device available for entropy collection for
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the kernel entropy pool, which provides key material for the
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.Xr cprng 9
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and
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.Xr rnd 4
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.Pa ( /dev/random )
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interfaces.
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.Pp
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Ideally the first argument
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.Fa rnd_source
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of these functions gets included in the devices' entity struct,
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but any means to permanently (statically) attach one such argument
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to one incarnation of the device is ok.
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Do not share
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.Fa rnd_source
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structures between two devices.
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.Pp
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.Bl -tag -width 8n
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.It Fn rnd_attach_source "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "char *devname" "uint32_t source_type" "uint32_t flags"
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This function announces the availability of a device for entropy collection.
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It must be called before the source struct pointed to by
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.Fa rnd_source
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is used in any of the following functions.
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.Pp
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.Fa devname
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is the name of the device.
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It is used to print a message (if the kernel is compiled with
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``options RND_VERBOSE'') and also for status information printed with
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.Xr rndctl 8 .
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.Pp
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.Fa source_type
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is
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.Dv RND_TYPE_NET
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for network devices,
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.Dv RND_TYPE_DISK
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for physical disks,
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.Dv RND_TYPE_TAPE
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for a tape drive,
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.Dv RND_TYPE_TTY
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for a tty,
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.Dv RND_TYPE_RNG
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for a random number generator, and
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.Dv RND_TYPE_ENV
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for an environment sensor.
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.Dv RND_TYPE_UNKNOWN
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is not to be used as a type.
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It is used internally to the rnd system.
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.Pp
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.Fa flags
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are the logical OR of
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.Dv RND_FLAG_NO_COLLECT
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(don't collect or estimate)
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.Dv RND_FLAG_NO_ESTIMATE
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(don't estimate)
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to control the default setting for collection and estimation.
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Note that devices of type
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.Dv RND_TYPE_NET
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default to
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.Dv RND_FLAG_NO_ESTIMATE .
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.Pp
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.It Fn rnd_detach_source "krndsource_t *rnd_source"
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This function disconnects the device from entropy collection.
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.It Fn rnd_add_uint32 "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "uint32_t datum"
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This function adds the value of
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.Va datum
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to the entropy pool.
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No entropy is assumed to be collected from this value, it merely helps
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stir the entropy pool.
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All entropy is gathered from jitter between the timing of events.
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.Pp
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Note that using a constant for
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.Va datum
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does not weaken security, but it does
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not help.
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Try to use something that can change, such as an interrupt status register
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which might have a bit set for receive ready or transmit ready, or other
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device status information.
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.Pp
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To allow the system to gather the timing information accurately, this call
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should be placed within the actual hardware interrupt service routine.
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Care must be taken to ensure that the interrupt was actually serviced by
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the interrupt handler, since on some systems interrupts can be shared.
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.Pp
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This function loses nearly all usefulness if it is called from a scheduled
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software interrupt.
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If that is the only way to add the device as an entropy source, don't.
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.Pp
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If it is desired to mix in the
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.Va datum
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and to add in a timestamp, but not to actually estimate entropy from a source
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of randomness, passing
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.Dv NULL
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for
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.Va rnd_source
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is permitted, and the device does not need to be attached.
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.It Fn rnd_add_data "krndsource_t *rnd_source" "void *data" "uint32_t len" "uint32_t entropy"
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adds (hopefully) random
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.Fa data
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to the entropy pool.
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.Fa len
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is the number of bytes in
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.Fa data
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and
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.Fa entropy
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is an "entropy quality" measurement.
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If every bit of
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.Fa data
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is known to be random,
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.Fa entropy
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is the number of bits in
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.Fa data .
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.Pp
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Timing information is also used to add entropy into the system, using
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inter-event timings.
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.Pp
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If it is desired to mix in the
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.Va data
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and to add in a timestamp, but not to actually estimate entropy from a source
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of randomness, passing
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.Dv NULL
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for
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.Va rnd_source
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is permitted, and the device does not need to be attached.
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.El
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.Sh INTERNAL ENTROPY POOL MANAGEMENT
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When a hardware event occurs (such as completion of a hard drive
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transfer or an interrupt from a network device) a timestamp is
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generated.
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This timestamp is compared to the previous timestamp
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recorded for the device, and the first, second, and third order
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differentials are calculated.
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.Pp
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If any of these differentials is zero, no entropy is assumed to
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have been gathered.
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If all are non-zero, one bit is assumed.
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Next, data is mixed into the entropy pool using an LFSR (linear
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feedback shift register).
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.Pp
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To extract data from the entropy pool, a cryptographically strong hash
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function is used.
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The output of this hash is mixed back into the pool using the LFSR,
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and then folded in half before being returned to the caller.
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.Pp
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Mixing the actual hash into the pool causes the next extraction to
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return a different value, even if no timing events were added to the
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pool.
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Folding the data in half prevents the caller to derive the
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actual hash of the pool, preventing some attacks.
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.Pp
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In the
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.Nx
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kernel, values should be extracted from the entropy pool
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.Em only
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via the
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.Xr cprng 9
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interface.
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Direct access to the entropy pool is unsupported and may be dangerous.
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There is no supported API for direct access to the output of the entropy pool.
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.\" .Sh ERRORS
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.Sh FILES
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These functions are declared in src/sys/sys/rnd.h and defined in
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src/sys/kern/kern_rndq.c.
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.Sh SEE ALSO
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.Xr rnd 4 ,
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.Xr rndctl 8 ,
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.Xr cprng 9
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.Sh HISTORY
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The random device was introduced in
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.Nx 1.3 .
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.Sh AUTHORS
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This implementation was written by Michael Graff \*[Lt]explorer@flame.org\*[Gt]
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using ideas and algorithms gathered from many sources, including
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the driver written by Ted Ts'o.
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.Sh BUGS
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The only good sources of randomness are quantum mechanical, and most
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computers avidly avoid having true sources of randomness included.
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Don't expect to surpass "pretty good".
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