rng-tools 4-0ubuntu2.1 source package in Ubuntu
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rng-tools (4-0ubuntu2.1) trusty; urgency=medium * Fix capability detection for Intel RDRAND cpu feature in the init script and thus start rngd daemon on compatible cpus. (LP: #1377131) -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Sun, 21 Dec 2014 05:34:14 +0000
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- Dimitri John Ledkov
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- Original maintainer:
- Ubuntu Developers
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Available diffs
- diff from 4-0ubuntu2 to 4-0ubuntu2.1 (562 bytes)
Binary packages built by this source
- rng-tools: Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG
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.