[ddp] rng-tools : Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG

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Hello,

Today, I'm happy to present you the Debian package rng-tools, which is
part of the utils section, and maintained by Henrique de Moraes
Holschuh <hmh at debian.org>. 

This package contains : 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.


Package homepage     :
 http://packages.debian.org/unstable/utils/rng-tools

Package bug homepage :
 http://bugs.debian.org/rng-tools

Package QA homepage  :
 http://packages.qa.debian.org/rng-tools

Have fun with Debian packages !

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