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Cosmetic and spelling fixes. Includes some MDOC policework.

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Mark Murray 2001-02-19 20:08:01 +00:00
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@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ To see the devices' current settings, use the command line:
.Pp
.Dl sysctl kern.random
.Pp
which results in someting like:
which results in something like:
.Pp
.Bd -literal -offset indent
kern.random.sys.seeded: 1
@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ kern.random.yarrow.slowoverthresh: 2
All settings are read/write.
.Pp
The
.Li kern.random.sys.seeded
.Va kern.random.sys.seeded
variable indicates whether or not the
.Nm
device is in an acceptably secure state
@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ or as a result of entropy harvesting).
A reseed will set the value to 1 (non-blocking).
.Pp
The
.Li kern.random.sys.harvest_ethernet
.Va kern.random.sys.harvest_ethernet
variable is used to select LAN traffic as an entropy source.
A zero (0) value means that LAN traffic
is not considered as an entropy source.
@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ Set the variable to one (1)
if you wish to use LAN traffic for entropy harvesting.
.Pp
The
.Li kern.random.sys.harvest_point_to_point
.Va kern.random.sys.harvest_point_to_point
variable is used to select serial line traffic as an entropy source.
(Serial line traffic includes PPP, SLIP and all tun0 traffic.)
A zero (0) value means such traffic
@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Set the variable to one (1)
if you wish to use it for entropy harvesting.
.Pp
The
.Li kern.random.sys.interrupt
.Va kern.random.sys.interrupt
variable is used to select hardware interrupts
as an entropy source.
A zero (0) value means interrupts
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ are considered as interrupt entropy sources.
The other variables are explained in the paper describing the
.Em Yarrow
algorithm at
.Li http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html .
.Pa http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html .
.Sh FILES
.Bl -tag -width /dev/random
.It Pa /dev/random