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30.Dd April 18, 2017
31.Dt UALEA 4
32.Os
33.Sh NAME
34.Nm ualea
35.Nd USB Araneus Alea I/II TRNG
36.Sh SYNOPSIS
37.Cd "ualea* at uhub? port ? configuration ? interface ?"
38.Sh DESCRIPTION
39The
40.Nm
41driver reads data generated randomly by an Araneus Alea I/II device and
42adds it to the kernel entropy pool.
43.Sh SEE ALSO
44.Xr rnd 4 ,
45.Lk https://www.araneus.fi/products/alea2/en/
46.Sh HISTORY
47The
48.Nm
49driver first appeared in
50.Nx 8.0 .
51.Sh AUTHORS
52.An Taylor R Campbell Aq Mt riastradh@NetBSD.org
53.Sh CAVEATS
54Destruction of an Alea II TRNG device with a consumer-grade laundry
55washing machine is ineffective.
56