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.

nettle 1.15                                         June 2007                              NETTLE-LFIB-STREAM(1)