>Number: 106027
>Category: docs
>Synopsis: man 4 random has a URL as reference - 2nd TRIAL
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: low
>Responsible: freebsd-doc
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: doc-bug
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Wed Nov 29 18:50:20 GMT 2006
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: waldeck@gmx.de
>Release: 7.0-CURRENT-200611
>Organization:
>Environment:
FreeBSD fbh 7.0-CURRENT-200611 FreeBSD 7.0-CURRENT-200611
root@fb:/usr/src/sys/i386/compile/FB70B01 i386
>Description:
Follow up to PR 101564 (http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=docs/101564).
> The URL is required to understand the Yarrow protocol, we cannot remove
> that eventhough it requires internet access for this.
If the paper is really required for the understanding it should be part of the system.
I asked Bruce Schneier about the topic and I got following answer:
>How-To-Repeat:
>Fix:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>Hello Bruce,
>
>FreeBSD uses an implemenation of the yarrow pseudorandom number generator.
>
>The man page (man 4 random) includes the URL of your paper
>(http://www.counterpane.com/yarrow.html).
>
>This is not convenient if your are offline.
>
>Is there any problem like licening issues if a copy of the paper is
>included in FreeBSD?
No.
Bruce
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