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| author | Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> | 2012-08-02 14:55:47 -0400 |
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| committer | Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@redhat.com> | 2012-08-02 14:55:47 -0400 |
| commit | 90f24ea755f579ba06e1c0718d2af8c75cdd9273 (patch) | |
| tree | 34cbb427e18f3517b18c1631d666af378948446d | |
| parent | 3b4a281bd20d3e88efae159fd722dd4292380c02 (diff) | |
| download | rng-tools-90f24ea755f579ba06e1c0718d2af8c75cdd9273.tar.gz | |
Polish README a bit.
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@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@ This is a random number generator daemon. -It monitors a hardware random number generator, and supplies entropy from that -to the system /dev/random machinery. +It monitors a hardware random number generator, and supplies entropy +from that to the system kernel's /dev/random machinery. + +It is hoped that future contributions will enable entropy gathering +from other sources, such as audio hardware or video hardware or CPU +instruction pointers, to provide entropy even in cases where a true +hardware RNG is not present. Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ |