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random.4: Minor wording fix (s/above/below) 

Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk@konstanz.(none)>
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Yuri Kozlov 2010-08-29 06:37:19 +02:00 committed by Michael Kerrisk
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@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
.\" Add a Usage subsection that recommends most users to use
.\" /dev/urandom, and emphasizes parsimonious usage of /dev/random.
.\"
.TH RANDOM 4 2008-06-20 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.TH RANDOM 4 2010-08-29 "Linux" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
random, urandom \- kernel random number source devices
.SH DESCRIPTION
@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ As a general rule,
.IR /dev/urandom
should be used for everything except long-lived GPG/SSL/SSH keys.
If a seed file is saved across reboots as recommended above (all major
If a seed file is saved across reboots as recommended below (all major
Linux distributions have done this since 2000 at least), the output is
cryptographically secure against attackers without local root access as
soon as it is reloaded in the boot sequence, and perfectly adequate for