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Document random-device.

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Brian Wellington
2001-01-12 00:15:57 +00:00
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doc/arm/Bv9ARM-book.xml
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<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.0//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.0/docbookx.dtd">
<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.80 2001/01/09 18:25:44 gson Exp $ -->
<!-- File: $Id: Bv9ARM-book.xml,v 1.81 2001/01/12 00:15:57 bwelling Exp $ -->
<book>
@@ -2582,6 +2582,7 @@ lookups performed on behalf of clients by a caching name server.</para></entry>
<optional> port <replaceable>ip_port</replaceable>; </optional>
<optional> additional-from-auth <replaceable>yes_or_no</replaceable> ; </optional>
<optional> additional-from-cache <replaceable>yes_or_no</replaceable> ; </optional>
<optional> random-device <replaceable>path_name</replaceable> ; </optional>
};
</programlisting>
</sect2>
@@ -2686,6 +2687,15 @@ any other options that take port numbers or IP addresses,
to ensure that the port value takes effect for all addresses
used by the server.</para>
</entry>
<entry colname = "1"><para><command>random-device</command></para></entry>
<entry colname = "2"><para>
The source of entropy to be used by the server. Entropy is primarily needed
for DNSSEC operations, such as TKEY transactions and dynamic update of signed
zones. This options specifies the device (or file) from which to read
entropy. If this is a file, operations requiring entropy will fail when the
file has been exhausted. If not specified, the default value is /dev/random
(or equivalent) when present, and none otherwise.</para>
</entry>
</row>
</tbody>