[SOLVED] init script for rngd

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[SOLVED] init script for rngd

23 September 2017, 08:45:29

rngd allows you to use hardware random number generators to fill the entropy pool.

Can we have an 'rngd-openrc' package that puts the relevant conf.d and init.d files?

Gentoo already has them: https://github.com/gentoo/gentoo/tree/master/sys-apps/rng-tools/files/

Re: init script for rngd

Reply #1 – 23 September 2017, 11:11:23

What is wrong with "haveged" package that already has a script?

Re: init script for rngd

Reply #2 – 24 September 2017, 05:52:55

Just opened a pull request for this :

https://github.com/artix-linux/galaxy/pull/24

Hope it'll merged soon!

Re: init script for rngd

Reply #3 – 24 September 2017, 14:33:02

Quote from: robin0800 – on 23 September 2017, 11:11:23

What is wrong with "haveged" package that already has a script?

Because they are different things. 'haveged' is a hack to pull generate entropy from the processor and other standard parts of a machine. 'rngd' is a daemon to use a Hardware (True?) RNG.