| PackageDescription | daemon to use a Hardware TRNG (classic version)
The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware TRNG (true random
number generator), such as the ones in some Intel/AMD/VIA chipsets,
and the kernel's PRNG (pseudo-random number generator).
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It tests the data received from the TRNG using the FIPS 140-2 (2002-10-10)
tests to verify that it is indeed random, and feeds the random data to the
kernel entropy pool.
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This increases the bandwidth of the /dev/random device, from a source
that does not depend on outside activity. It may also improve the
quality (entropy) of the randomness of /dev/random.
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A TRNG kernel module such as hw_random, or some other source of true
entropy that is accessible as a device or fifo, is required to use this
package.
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This is an unofficial version of rng-tools which has been extensively
modified to add multithreading and a lot of new functionality. However,
most users of newer or high-bandwidth HWRNGs might wish to install the
5.x version of rng-tools, also packaged as rng-tools5, instead; while
it lacks some of the new functionality from this version, it offers
more performant support for those. |