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| author | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-10-11 00:19:13 +0200 |
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| committer | Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr> | 2018-10-15 06:19:38 +0200 |
| commit | 4a147986a0839103a9c5bf1b5b74047c7d398349 (patch) | |
| tree | 8328783f39d5a59612f2ccf125a935f79a4a3a30 /gnu/packages/linux.scm | |
| parent | dfe05297f3922a0403a9d788bc4d87502e148d87 (diff) | |
gnu: haveged: Teach the controversy.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (haveged)[description]: Suggest adding
additional entropy sources.
Diffstat (limited to 'gnu/packages/linux.scm')
| -rw-r--r-- | gnu/packages/linux.scm | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 7aaa7fb644..79a1b0b46a 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -3760,7 +3760,11 @@ systems with high needs or limited user interaction, such as headless servers. indirect effects of hardware events on hidden processor state using the HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (@dfn{HAVEGE}) algorithm. It tunes itself to its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the -output stream as used on certified hardware security devices.") +output stream as used on certified hardware security devices. + +The quality of the randomness produced by this algorithm has not been proven. +It is recommended to run it together with another entropy source like rngd, and +not as a replacement for it.") (license (list (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/mconf.h") (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/packtest.c") license:public-domain ; nist/dfft.c |