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rng-tools5 package

rng-tools5 5-1 source package in Ubuntu

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rng-tools5 (5-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * Initial upload of current rng-tools from upstream. This is part of an
    intended transition, with this package becoming the default rng-tools
    post stretch release. (See #692450) (Closes: #630920)
  * Includes support for RDRAND/RDSEED
  * Does *not* include specific support for via padlock

 -- Michael Stone <email address hidden>  Sat, 03 Dec 2016 12:20:57 -0500

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rng-tools5: 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. This may improve the behavior of systems
 which experience low values in /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
 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. It will take advantage of the RDRAND and RDSEED instructions
 included in some Intel & AMD CPUs.

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