Paketname | rng-tools |
Beschreibung | Daemon to use a Hardware TRNG |
Archiv/Repository | Offizielles Ubuntu Archiv lucid (universe) |
Version | 2-unofficial-mt.12-1ubuntu3 |
Sektion | universe/utils |
Priorität | optional |
Installierte Größe | 204 Byte |
Hängt ab von | libc6 (>= 2.4), libtspi1, makedev (>= 2.3.1-77) | udev (>= 0.053) |
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Paketbetreuer | Ubuntu MOTU Developers |
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Paketgröße | 45146 Byte |
Prüfsumme MD5 | 2a2c533aafbccdb361a9752e6ada394c |
Prüfsumme SHA1 | 83398b13ae57fd6d0127489926e6b22e482a8127 |
Prüfsumme SHA256 | c1afd5a87a74f55edb6dc553c4e06e9040754d386bc7bb7945e331091610b45c |
Link zum Herunterladen | rng-tools_2-unofficial-mt.12-1ubuntu3_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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