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diff --git a/system/rng-tools/README b/system/rng-tools/README index 23ddcc51d7..f809f329ff 100644 --- a/system/rng-tools/README +++ b/system/rng-tools/README @@ -1,7 +1,8 @@ rng-tools provide rngd and rngtest. -rngd supplies data from a hardware RNG to the kernel's entropy pool. To ensure -sufficient randomness, rngd verifies the RNGs data using FIPS 140-1 / 140-2 -randomness tests, before passing them to the kernel. +rngd supplies data from a hardware RNG to the kernel's entropy +pool. To ensure sufficient randomness, rngd verifies the RNGs data +using FIPS 140-1 / 140-2 randomness tests, before passing them to the +kernel. rngtest is a standalone tool for running the FIPS tests over data. |