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random.7: wfix 

Reported-by: Jeremy Harris <jgh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
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Michael Kerrisk 2016-11-19 11:26:10 +01:00
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@ -68,18 +68,16 @@ When a sufficient number of random bits has been collected, the
entropy pool is considered to be initialized.
.SS Choice of random source
Unless you are doing long-term key generation (and most likely not even
then), you probably shouldn't be using the
then), you probably shouldn't be reading from the
.IR /dev/random
device
or
device or employing
.BR getrandom (2)
with the
.BR GRND_RANDOM
flag.
Instead, use either the
Instead, either read from the
.IR /dev/urandom
device or
device or employ
.BR getrandom (2)
without the
.B GRND_RANDOM