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.TH NETTLE\-LFIB\-STREAM 1 "June 2007" "nettle 1.15" "Nettle tools"

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.SH NAME

nettle\-lfib\-stream \- pseudorandom generator

.SH SYNOPSIS

.B nettle\-lfib\-stream

.RI [ seed ]

.SH DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the

.B 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.

.PP

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\fBnettle\-lfib\-stream\fP outputs a sequence

of pseudorandom (non-cryptographic) bytes, using Knuth's lagged

fibonacci generator, optionally using the integer \fIseed\fR as the

seed. If no seed is given, \fBtime\fR(2) is used.

.PP

\fBWarning:\fP The stream is useful for testing, but should not be used

to generate cryptographic keys or anything else that needs real randomness.

.SH SEE ALSO

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

.SH AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Magnus Holmgren <magnus@kibibyte.se>,

for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).