Package: rng-tools (2-unofficial-mt.14-1 and others)
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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.
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Architecture | Version | Package Size | Installed Size | Files |
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amd64 | 2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2 | 42.1 kB | 121.0 kB | [list of files] |
arm64 | 2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2 | 39.0 kB | 119.0 kB | [list of files] |
armhf | 2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2 | 40.6 kB | 102.0 kB | [list of files] |
i386 | 2-unofficial-mt.14-1+b2 | 41.8 kB | 114.0 kB | [list of files] |