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f930557b JG |
2 | Version 4 (August 2, 2012): |
3 | * Add RDRAND instruction support | |
4 | * Add -q and -v options for quiet and verbose output | |
5 | * Add -p option for specifying PID file (text file containing daemon's PID) | |
6 | * Disable entropy source if facing continued failures, but be | |
7 | tolerant of the occasional fault. | |
8 | * Default device is now the preferred /dev/hwrng | |
9 | * Do not use TPM device for RNG access, if /dev/hwrng is present | |
10 | (TPM RNG is exported via the kernel, in newer kernels) | |
11 | ||
ecaa5676 JG |
12 | Version 3 (July 3, 2010): |
13 | ||
14 | * add rngtest program | |
15 | * imported into git repository | |
16 | * support TPM chip's hardware RNG (and thus, a framework for supporting | |
17 | multiple entropy sources) | |
18 | * change default hardware RNG device name to "/dev/hw_random" | |
19 | ||
61af3de3 JG |
20 | Version 2 (August 24, 2004): |
21 | ||
22 | * Fixes and cleanups from Debian (Henrique de Moraes Holschuh) | |
23 | Assures rngd works with 2.6 kernels. | |
24 | ||
25 | Version 1.1 (April 6, 2004): | |
26 | ||
27 | * update to recent autoconf/automake | |
28 | * add new rngtest program | |
29 | * various minor cleanups | |
30 | * much better FIPS testing | |
31 |