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This is a random number generator daemon.

It monitors a hardware random number generator, and supplies entropy
from that to the system kernel's /dev/random machinery.

It is hoped that future contributions will enable entropy gathering
from other sources, such as audio hardware or video hardware or CPU
instruction pointers, to provide entropy even in cases where a true
hardware RNG is not present.

Home page:
	http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/

GIT repository:
	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/rng-tools/rng-tools.git
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ecaa5676 JG	1
	2	This is a random number generator daemon.
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90f24ea7 JG	4	It monitors a hardware random number generator, and supplies entropy
	5	from that to the system kernel's /dev/random machinery.
	6
	7	It is hoped that future contributions will enable entropy gathering
	8	from other sources, such as audio hardware or video hardware or CPU
	9	instruction pointers, to provide entropy even in cases where a true
	10	hardware RNG is not present.
ecaa5676 JG	11
	12	Home page:
	13	http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
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	15	GIT repository:
	16	git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/kernel/rng-tools/rng-tools.git
	17