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rng-tools package

rng-tools 4-0ubuntu1 source package in Ubuntu

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rng-tools (4-0ubuntu1) saucy; urgency=low

  * Merge from upstream git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/rng-tools/rng-tools.git
    908d733527a361621da88cdf931a71aa83cba430
    -LP: #1084378
 -- Tim Gardner <email address hidden>   Tue, 13 Aug 2013 13:12:05 +0000

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Tim Gardner
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Ubuntu Developers
Architectures:
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Section:
utils
Urgency:
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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).
 .
 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.
 .
 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.
 .
 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.
 .
 This is an unofficial version of rng-tools which has been extensively
 modified to add multithreading and a lot of new functionality.