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diff --git a/README b/README index d18358f..d91c6c8 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ SYNOPSIS DESCRIPTION rdd is a high-speed, cryptographically safe random data generator using - the reference implementation of the eSTREAM Profile 1 SOSEMANUK stream - cipher. It is designed to fill crypto devices with random data. + optimized versions of the ChaCha8 stream cipher, depending on your CPU. + It is designed to fill crypto devices with random data. - Random binary data is outputted to standard output. + Random binary data is written to standard output. The options are as follows: @@ -30,11 +30,11 @@ SEE ALSO dd(1), random(4), random(7) NOTES - rdd reads 32 random bytes for the initial key and 16 bytes for every + rdd reads 40 random bytes for the initial key and 32 bytes for every rekeying from the random source. Setting rekeymb to -1 never rekeys. This implementation passed dieharder 3.31.1 "-a" and PractRand/RNG_test - 0.93 (tested up to 32 TB). + 0.95 (tested up to 32 TB). AUTHORS Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org> @@ -45,19 +45,8 @@ LICENSE To the extent possible under law, the creator of this work has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this work. - http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ + http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ - This program includes code taken from - http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/stream/p3ciphers/sosemanuk/sosemanuk_p3source.zip - as of 2013-04-13. An error message which can never occur in rdd usage - has been #ifdef'ed out. + This program uses the public domain library chacha-opt. - © 2005 X-CRYPT project. This software is provided 'as-is', without any - express or implied warranty. In no event will the authors be held liable - for any damages arising from the use of this software. - - Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, - including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it - freely, subject to no restriction. - -Void Linux January 3, 2018 Void Linux +Void Linux April 19, 2020 Void Linux |