NEWS

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   2 Version 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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  11 Version 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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  21 Version 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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  29 Version 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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  34 Version 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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