Package: rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1)

[ 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).

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.

Tags: User Interface: Daemon, Networking: Server, Role: Program

Other Packages Related to rng-tools

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.2) [amd64]

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~) [i386]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.4) [not amd64, i386, ia64, sparc]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.6) [sparc]

• dep: libc6.1 (>= 2.3.2) [ia64]

  Embedded GNU C Library: Shared libraries
  also a virtual package provided by libc6.1-udeb

• dep: udev (>= 0.053)

  /dev/ and hotplug management daemon

  or makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)

  creates device files in /dev

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