Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #662736 Owner: "Pedro I. Sanchez" <psanc...@fosstel.com>
Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #662736 Owner: "Pedro I. Sanchez" <psanc...@fosstel.com> Package: wnpp Followup-For: Bug #662736 Owner: "Pedro I. Sanchez" <psanc...@fosstel.com> Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist * Package name : maxwell Version : 1.2-1 Upstream Author : Sandy Harris <sandyinch...@gmail.com> * URL : ftp://ftp.cs.sjtu.edu.cn:990/sandy/maxwell/ * License : GPL v2 Programming Language : C * Description : entropy-gathering daemon Daemon to gather entropy from a timer and feed it to random(4). maxwell collects randomness from the small variations in a system timer, distills it into a concentrated form, and sends it to random (4). The amount of output varies with the parameters chosen, but is generally a few K bits per second. The quality is intended to be very high. Both volume and quality should be adequate for most applications. There are a number of other ways to feed entropy to random (4). The advantage of maxwell is that it is small, simple and only minimally hardware-dependent. The other methods also have advantages, and in many cases one of them will be preferable to this one. The package can be found on mentors.debian.net: http://mentors.debian.net/package/maxwell This is an inital release. TODO: * Package to consider the fact that maxwell is a daemon. * Create binaries for accompanying test programs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120718030119.7659.13770.reportbug@allegro
