[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 [M] Alejandro Mery [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/