X-Git-Url: http://andersk.mit.edu/gitweb/openssh.git/blobdiff_plain/81b161c209d63d2b63ac1a83e4a66a4b618a2149..aff51935734441207923b8e59fbc3644fc4e7d2c:/ssh-rand-helper.8 diff --git a/ssh-rand-helper.8 b/ssh-rand-helper.8 index bcf542ed..59c1e0b3 100644 --- a/ssh-rand-helper.8 +++ b/ssh-rand-helper.8 @@ -34,22 +34,22 @@ .Op Fl b Ar bytes .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm -is a small helper program used by +is a small helper program used by .Xr ssh 1 , .Xr ssh-add 1 , .Xr ssh-agent 1 , .Xr ssh-keygen 1 , -.Xr ssh-keyscan 1 +.Xr ssh-keyscan 1 and .Xr sshd 8 -to gather random numbers of cryptographic quality if the +to gather random numbers of cryptographic quality if the .Xr openssl 4 library has not been configured to provide them itself. .Pp -Normally +Normally .Nm will generate a strong random seed and provide it to the calling -program via standard output. If standard output is a tty, +program via standard output. If standard output is a tty, .Nm will instead print the seed in hexidecimal format unless told otherwise. .Pp @@ -57,19 +57,19 @@ will instead print the seed in hexidecimal format unless told otherwise. will by default gather random numbers from the system commands listed in .Pa /etc/ssh/ssh_prng_cmds . -The output of each of the commands listed will be hashed and used to -generate a random seed for the calling program. +The output of each of the commands listed will be hashed and used to +generate a random seed for the calling program. .Nm -will also store seed files in +will also store seed files in .Pa ~/.ssh/prng_seed between executions. .Pp -Alternately, +Alternately, .Nm -may be configured at build time to collect random numbers from a +may be configured at build time to collect random numbers from a EGD/PRNGd server via a unix domain or localhost tcp socket. .Pp -This program is not intended to be run by the end-user, so the few +This program is not intended to be run by the end-user, so the few commandline options are for debugging purposes only. .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl b Ar bytes