| Paketname | rng-tools |
| Beschreibung | Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG |
| Archiv/Repository | Offizielles Debian Archiv squeeze (main) |
| Version | 2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1 |
| Sektion | utils |
| Priorität | optional |
| Installierte Größe | 196 Byte |
| Hängt ab von | libc6 (>= 2.3.6-6~), udev (>= 0.053) | makedev (>= 2.3.1-77) |
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| Paketbetreuer | Henrique de Moraes Holschuh |
| Quelle | |
| Paketgröße | 47506 Byte |
| Prüfsumme MD5 | 13069366a3e7be0f7df9b52df77d6b5e |
| Prüfsumme SHA1 | 5a2187dd392e44d875a1c8d13dbbc22e6fecec09 |
| Prüfsumme SHA256 | 9f6ad67c57f677f2e5e49ea09344b8ac5942d570b67e9062fd5e2fb11aa1df16 |
| Link zum Herunterladen | rng-tools_2-unofficial-mt.14-1~60squeeze1_i386.deb |
| Ausführliche Beschreibung | 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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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