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wn_true_random_bit(3)

wn_true_random_bit3

True random numbers

Part of wnrndt(3).

Usage

int wn_true_random_int(void)

int wn_true_random_bit(void)

Overview

These routines generate true random numbers by XOR-ing together bits from /usr/spool/news. They are much slower than routines for pseudo-random numbers in wnrnd, and they fail when /usr/spool/news runs out of bits.

Author

Will Naylor

From libwn-dev 6.0-17 in Debian 4.0 (Etch). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.