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diff --git a/static/freebsd/man4/rndtest.4 4.html b/static/freebsd/man4/rndtest.4 4.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..4ee2c10c --- /dev/null +++ b/static/freebsd/man4/rndtest.4 4.html @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +<table class="head"> + <tr> + <td class="head-ltitle">RNDTEST(4)</td> + <td class="head-vol">Device Drivers Manual</td> + <td class="head-rtitle">RNDTEST(4)</td> + </tr> +</table> +<div class="manual-text"> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="NAME"><a class="permalink" href="#NAME">NAME</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Nm">rndtest</code> — <span class="Nd">FIPS + 140-2 random number generator test monitor</span></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SYNOPSIS"><a class="permalink" href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><code class="Cd">device rndtest</code></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="DESCRIPTION"><a class="permalink" href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The <code class="Nm">rndtest</code> driver “hooks + up” to hardware crypto devices to monitor the entropy data passed to + the <a class="Xr">random(4)</a> subsystem. This data is periodically tested + for FIPS 140-2 compliance and statistics are collected. If the harvested + entropy fails any of the FIPS test suite, then it is discarded and testing + is continuously applied until “good data” is received from the + device. Failures are optionally reported on the console.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="SEE_ALSO"><a class="permalink" href="#SEE_ALSO">SEE + ALSO</a></h1> +<p class="Pp"><a class="Xr">crypto(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">random(4)</a>, + <a class="Xr">safe(4)</a>, <a class="Xr">crypto(9)</a></p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="HISTORY"><a class="permalink" href="#HISTORY">HISTORY</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">The idea for this and the original code came from + <span class="An">Jason L. Wright</span>. The <code class="Nm">rndtest</code> + device driver first appeared in <span class="Ux">FreeBSD 5.0</span>.</p> +</section> +<section class="Sh"> +<h1 class="Sh" id="BUGS"><a class="permalink" href="#BUGS">BUGS</a></h1> +<p class="Pp">Crypto device drivers must be compiled specially to make use of + this driver; this should not be necessary. This feature might better be + integrated into the <a class="Xr">random(4)</a> subsystem where it can be + applied to devices that claim to supply “pure entropy”.</p> +</section> +</div> +<table class="foot"> + <tr> + <td class="foot-date">May 11, 2020</td> + <td class="foot-os">FreeBSD 15.0</td> + </tr> +</table> |