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diff --git a/man/man3/genrandom.html b/man/man3/genrandom.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0cddd21d --- /dev/null +++ b/man/man3/genrandom.html @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +<head> +<title>genrandom(3) - Plan 9 from User Space</title> +<meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv=Content-Type> +</head> +<body bgcolor=#ffffff> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=10><td> +<tr><td width=20><td> +<tr><td width=20><td><b>GENRANDOM(3)</b><td align=right><b>GENRANDOM(3)</b> +<tr><td width=20><td colspan=2> + <br> +<p><font size=+1><b>NAME </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + genrandom, prng – random number generation<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SYNOPSIS </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>#include <u.h><br> + #include <libc.h><br> + #include <mp.h><br> + #include <libsec.h> + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + </font></tt> + <tt><font size=+1>void genrandom(uchar *buf, int nbytes) + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + </font></tt> + <tt><font size=+1>void prng(uchar *buf, int nbytes)<br> + </font></tt> +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>DESCRIPTION </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + Most security software requires a source of random or, at the + very least, unguessable numbers. + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <i>Genrandom</i> fills a buffer with bytes from the X9.17 pseudo-random + number generator. The X9.17 generator is seeded by 24 truly random + bytes read via <i>truerand</i> (see <a href="../man3/rand.html"><i>rand</i>(3)</a>). + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + <i>Prng</i> uses the native <a href="../man3/rand.html"><i>rand</i>(3)</a> pseudo-random number generator to + fill the buffer. Used with <i>srand</i>, this function can produce a + reproducible stream of pseudo random numbers useful in testing. + + <table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=5><td></table> + + Both functions may be passed to <i>mprand</i> (see <a href="../man3/mp.html"><i>mp</i>(3)</a>).<br> + +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SOURCE </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <tt><font size=+1>/usr/local/plan9/src/libsec<br> + </font></tt> +</table> +<p><font size=+1><b>SEE ALSO </b></font><br> + +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr height=2><td><tr><td width=20><td> + + <a href="../man3/mp.html"><i>mp</i>(3)</a><br> + +</table> + +<td width=20> +<tr height=20><td> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%> +<tr height=15><td width=10><td><td width=10> +<tr><td><td> +<center> +<a href="../../"><img src="../../dist/spaceglenda100.png" alt="Space Glenda" border=1></a> +</center> +</table> +<!-- TRAILER --> +</body></html> |