debian man page for nettle-lfib-stream

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)