From 7c896e1ece23dc1b811bfd81a717ec54973a1feb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Kerrisk Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2016 11:26:10 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] random.7: wfix Reported-by: Jeremy Harris Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk --- man7/random.7 | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/man7/random.7 b/man7/random.7 index b8e233e42..9e020ff3e 100644 --- a/man7/random.7 +++ b/man7/random.7 @@ -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