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2Version 5 (April 1, 2014):
3* Support RDRAND capable systems that don't have AES-NI
4* Man page spelling fixes
5* Add BUGS document
6* Don't use fixed AES key for data reduction
7* Platform: Support x32. x86-64 micro-optimizations.
8* Fix RDRAND data reduction
9* Enable RDSEED instruction
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11Version 4 (August 2, 2012):
12* Add RDRAND instruction support
13* Add -q and -v options for quiet and verbose output
14* Add -p option for specifying PID file (text file containing daemon's PID)
15* Disable entropy source if facing continued failures, but be
16 tolerant of the occasional fault.
17* Default device is now the preferred /dev/hwrng
18* Do not use TPM device for RNG access, if /dev/hwrng is present
19 (TPM RNG is exported via the kernel, in newer kernels)
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21Version 3 (July 3, 2010):
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23* add rngtest program
24* imported into git repository
25* support TPM chip's hardware RNG (and thus, a framework for supporting
26 multiple entropy sources)
27* change default hardware RNG device name to "/dev/hw_random"
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29Version 2 (August 24, 2004):
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31* Fixes and cleanups from Debian (Henrique de Moraes Holschuh)
32 Assures rngd works with 2.6 kernels.
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34Version 1.1 (April 6, 2004):
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36* update to recent autoconf/automake
37* add new rngtest program
38* various minor cleanups
39* much better FIPS testing
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