Pakket: rng-tools-debian (2.3)

[ Bron: rng-tools-debian  ]

daemon to use a Hardware RNG (classic version)

The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware RNG (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 HWRNG using the FIPS 140-2 (2002-10-10) tests to verify that it is indeed random then 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.

An HWRNG 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. Securely tunneling entropy over the network and feeding it to rngd is also possible.

This is an unofficial version of rng-tools (as classically shipped by Debian up to and including release 10 “buster”), version 2, 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 latest version of upstream rng-tools (packaged as rng-tools5) instead; that package offers more performant support for those, even if it lacks the new functionality from this version.

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• dep: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)

  helper tools for all init systems

• dep: libc6 (>= 2.14) [amd64]

  GNU C Bibliotheek: Gedeelde bibliotheken
  Ook een virtueel pakket geboden door: libc6-udeb

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.17) [arm64, ppc64el]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.28) [armel, armhf, i386, mipsel]

  dep: libc6 (>= 2.7) [mips64el, s390x]

• dep: lsb-base

  transitional package for Linux Standard Base init script functionality

• dep: udev (>= 0.053)

  /dev/ and hotplug management daemon

  of makedev (>= 2.3.1-77)

  creates device files in /dev

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Platform	Pakketgrootte	Geïnstalleerde grootte	Bestanden
amd64	47,2 kB	127,0 kB	[overzicht]
arm64	45,1 kB	119,0 kB	[overzicht]
armel	45,7 kB	118,0 kB	[overzicht]
armhf	44,8 kB	106,0 kB	[overzicht]
i386	48,9 kB	130,0 kB	[overzicht]
mips64el	45,6 kB	127,0 kB	[overzicht]
mipsel	45,7 kB	121,0 kB	[overzicht]
ppc64el	46,3 kB	199,0 kB	[overzicht]
s390x	44,8 kB	123,0 kB	[overzicht]