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-haveged (a simple entropy-gathering daemon)
-
-The haveged project is an attempt to provide an easy-to-use, unpredictable
-random number generator based upon an adaptation of the HAVEGE algorithm.
-Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random
-device that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers.
-
-The HAVEGE algorithm is based upon the indirect effects of unrelated hardware
-events on the instruction timing of a calculation that is sensitive to
-processor features such as branch predictors and instruction/data access
-mechanisms.
-Samples from a high-resolution timer are input into the algorithm to
-produce a stream of random data in a collection buffer. The contents of this
-buffer can be fed into the random device or accessed directly through the
-file system. File system access is a useful alternative to those situations
-where use of the random device is either inappropriate or not available.
-
-Add the following snippet to your /etc/rc.d/rc.M to start up haveged at boot:
-
-# Starting HAVEGED entropy daemon
-if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.haveged ]; then
- /etc/rc.d/rc.haveged start
-fi
-
-You can see how many bits of entropy are available to the system by reading
-the /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail file, and check the size of your
-entropy pool at /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize.