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random.7: wfix
authorMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:26:10 +0000 (11:26 +0100)
committerMichael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
Sat, 19 Nov 2016 10:28:46 +0000 (11:28 +0100)
Reported-by: Jeremy Harris <jgh@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Michael Kerrisk <mtk.manpages@gmail.com>
man7/random.7

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@@ -68,18 +68,16 @@ When a sufficient number of random bits has been collected, the
 entropy pool is considered to be initialized.
 .SS Choice of random source
 Unless you are doing long-term key generation (and most likely not even
-then), you probably shouldn't be using the
+then), you probably shouldn't be reading from the
 .IR /dev/random
-device
-or
+device or employing
 .BR getrandom (2)
 with the
 .BR GRND_RANDOM
 flag.
-
-Instead, use either the
+Instead, either read from the
 .IR /dev/urandom
-device or
+device or employ
 .BR getrandom (2)
 without the
 .B GRND_RANDOM