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NETTLE-LFIB-STREAM(1) Nettle tools NETTLE-LFIB-STREAM(1)

NAME

nettle-lfib-stream - pseudorandom generator

SYNOPSIS

nettle-lfib-stream [seed]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the nettle-lfib-stream command. This manual page was written for the Debian GNU/Linux distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

nettle-lfib-stream outputs a sequence of pseudorandom (non-cryptographic) bytes, using Knuth's lagged fibonacci generator, optionally using the integer seed as the seed. If no seed is given, time(2) is used.

Warning: The stream is useful for testing, but should not be used to generate cryptographic keys or anything else that needs real randomness.

SEE ALSO

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lagged_Fibonacci_generator

AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Magnus Holmgren <holmgren@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2007 Magnus Holmgren.

Copying and distribution of this file, with or without modification, are permitted in any medium without royalty provided the copyright notice and this notice are preserved.

June 2007 nettle 1.15