rng-tools 6.17-1
Package Information
| Description | 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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| Maintainer | Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> |
| Changed By | Bastian Germann <bage@debian.org> |
| Sponsor | bage@debian.org |
| Distribution | experimental |
| Architecture | any |
| Closes | #847962 |
| Popcon Installs | 553 |
| Tracker | https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rng-tools |
| Uploaded | 2 hours ago |
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| Date | Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:03:41 +0200 |
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| Source | rng-tools |
| Version | 6.17-1 |
| Changed-By | Bastian Germann |
| Architecture | source amd64 |
| Distribution | experimental |
Changelog
rng-tools (6.17-1) experimental; urgency=medium
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* Scan GitHub for new versions (Closes: #970388)
* Update debhelper-compat to 14
* Update to latest upstream version, reintroducing the rng-tools source
package (Closes: #922677, #847962).dsc
| Priority | optional |
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| Component | main |
| Package-List | rng-tools deb utils optional arch=any |
| Section | utils |
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Upstream-Name: rng-tools
Source: https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools
Files: *
Copyright: 2001 Philipp Rumpf
Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
2004 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
2011-2014 Intel Corporation
2009 Red Hat, Inc.
License: GPL-2+
Files: configure.ac
Copyright: 2004 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> / 2001 Philipp Rumpf
License: GPL-2+
Files: exits.h
rngtest.1.in
rngtest.c
stats.c
stats.h
Copyright: 2004 Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
License: GPL-2+
Files: fips.c
fips.h
rngd.c
rngd.h
rngd_entsource.c
rngd_entsource.h
rngd_linux.c
rngd_linux.h
Copyright: 2001 Philipp Rumpf
License: GPL-2+
Files: rdrand_asm.S
rngd_rdrand.c
Copyright: 2011-2014 Intel Corporation
License: GPL-2+
Files: rngd.8.in
Copyright: 2001 Jeff Garzik -- jgarzik@pobox.com
License: GPL-2+
Files: util.c
Copyright: 2009 Red Hat, Inc.
License: GPL
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