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 © 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.