On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 10:32:59AM +0530, Viral wrote: > > As long as it isn't too bothersome for you, would you mind explaining why > > the kernel doesn't activate it by default? Or why it isn't a `make config' > > option? And why is a daemon needed for it? > > No, its not bothersome to explain. This extract comes from 2.4.4's > Documentation/i810_rng.txt. I also read about the decision of > moving the rng to userland, but I can't find that now.
Do you know if there is any work related to merging the various rng daemons? From various announcements about sound-entropyd and egd (http://www.lothar.com/tech/crypto/), I get the feeling that a lot of work is being duplicated w.r.t. proper hashing and entropy verification. dave...
