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[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---[COPY] This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.[COPY] [COPY] Filename: package/.../prngd/prngd.desc[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The OpenSDE Project[COPY] Copyright (C) 2006 The T2 SDE Project[COPY] [COPY] More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.[COPY] [COPY] This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify[COPY] it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by[COPY] the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the[COPY] GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.[COPY] --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
[I] A daemon designed to act as an entropy source
[T] The Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon (PRNGD) offers an EGD[T] compatible interface for obtaining random data. It is intented to[T] be used as an entropy source to feed other software, especially[T] software based on OpenSSL. Like EGD, it calls system programs[T] to collect entropy. Unlike EGD, it does not generate a pool[T] of random bits that can be called from other software. Instead, it[T] feeds the bits gathered into the OpenSSL PRNG, from which the[T] "random bits" are obtained when requested. This way, PRNGD is[T] never drained and can never block (unlike EGD),[T] so it is also suitable to seed inetd-started programs. It also[T] features a seed-save file, so that it is immediately usable after[T] system start.
[U] http://www.aet.tu-cottbus.de/personen/jaenicke/postfix_tls/prngd.html
[A] Lutz Jaenicke <Lutz.Jaenicke@aet.tu-cottbus.de>[M] Alejandro Mery <amery@opensde.org>
[C] extra/tool
[L] OpenSource[S] Stable[V] 0.9.29[P] X -----5---9 800.000
[D] 2207720902 prngd-0.9.29.tar.gz ftp://ftp.aet.tu-cottbus.de/pub/postfix_tls/related/prngd/
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