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 random-
ness.
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.
nettle 1.15 June 2007 NETTLE-LFIB-STREAM(1)
