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 (C) 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.