From: Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <nmav-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
To: "Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)"
<mtk.manpages-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>,
Laurent Georget
<laurent.georget-vbcOdlJ0SulGWvitb5QawA@public.gmane.org>
Cc: linux-man-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: New random(7) page for review
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2016 09:06:41 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1479110801.2624.2.camel@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cb25213c-a70d-cbf1-6a42-959dcdc1f202-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
On Sat, 2016-11-12 at 13:25 +0100, Michael Kerrisk (man-pages) wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Following on from our discussions about the random(4)
> page, and a suggestion from Laurent, I've created
> a random(7) page that provides a short overview of
> the APIs for obtaining randomness, and some comparisons
> and recommendations for using those APIs. A good part of
> the text is relocated from the existing getrandom(2) and
> random(4) pages. I also incorporated a table that was
> proposed by Laurent that compares the APIs on a number
> of points.
>
> The rendered version of the page is below. The source is
> attached (and already pushed to Git.)
>
> Does anyone see any further tweaks that might be required?
Looks fine to me.
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2016-04-25 8:48 [PATCH] Update the random(4) documentation towards a more accurate view on /dev/urandom Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1461574090.32558.45.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-25 15:46 ` George Spelvin
[not found] ` <20160425154605.7445.qmail-HzZAx2gCgqrSUeElwK9/Pw@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-26 14:46 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1461681983.15804.76.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-04-26 16:58 ` George Spelvin
[not found] ` <20160426165847.5804.qmail-HzZAx2gCgqrSUeElwK9/Pw@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-09 15:26 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <8a990d27-1fc2-8358-f9d3-c9474d6d8616-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 8:21 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1478766102.2642.12.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 11:29 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-08-01 11:48 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1470052099.2926.6.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-20 8:37 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1476952646.2522.10.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 7:21 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <8a5e82db-6f8a-2426-4a68-feab205bca57-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 14:07 ` Stephan Mueller
[not found] ` <2402524.TIv9Kdt40z-gNvIQDDl/k7Ia13z/PHSgg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 14:38 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1477060710.3888.14.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 14:55 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-10-21 16:33 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20161021163314.cvhjgr4s7lfzdsve-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 16:50 ` Stephan Mueller
[not found] ` <4610047.a51zB7LfZj-gNvIQDDl/k7Ia13z/PHSgg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 17:56 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20161021175633.5x5mp2xv3wq4ejjf-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2016-10-21 18:00 ` Stephan Mueller
2016-11-01 9:35 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1477992912.3769.22.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-09 14:58 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-09 15:23 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <b07fb334-149d-cf65-74f3-1d1951e5981b-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 8:54 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1478768067.2642.23.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 9:11 ` Laurent Georget
[not found] ` <3b7ba39b-0434-47ca-7857-257f3c99266b-AyimVQWTEHzsq35pWSNszA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 11:56 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-10 11:50 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <e5c1f87c-aad0-b526-a346-74348a36c2a3-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 11:53 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos
[not found] ` <1478778837.2642.26.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 11:56 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <05152136-6943-8ada-3d65-51ef4ce9c1b1-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-10 14:19 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-10 14:20 ` [PATCH] random.4: Improve discussion or urandom, blocking reads, and signals Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <4a8c573c-0c19-29d0-248e-74c088968806-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-11 10:28 ` Laurent Georget
[not found] ` <d5eca965-c8b9-51e5-6acb-172e47f85ba0-vbcOdlJ0SulGWvitb5QawA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-11 11:51 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-12 12:25 ` New random(7) page for review Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
[not found] ` <cb25213c-a70d-cbf1-6a42-959dcdc1f202-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-12 14:03 ` Laurent Georget
[not found] ` <54e6e40c-b840-c773-e739-7faed9664411-AyimVQWTEHzsq35pWSNszA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-15 6:19 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-13 22:20 ` Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20161113222041.ypnz3sdm3fmjprnn-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-15 6:41 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-14 8:06 ` Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos [this message]
[not found] ` <1479110801.2624.2.camel-H+wXaHxf7aLQT0dZR+AlfA@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-15 6:10 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-11-11 16:05 ` [PATCH] random.4: Improve discussion or urandom, blocking reads, and signals Theodore Ts'o
[not found] ` <20161111160514.yrlfteowdz4qar76-AKGzg7BKzIDYtjvyW6yDsg@public.gmane.org>
2016-11-12 10:54 ` Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
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