gnu: haveged: Teach the controversy.
* gnu/packages/linux.scm (haveged)[description]: Suggest adding additional entropy sources.master
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indirect effects of hardware events on hidden processor state using the HArdware
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indirect effects of hardware events on hidden processor state using the HArdware
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Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (@dfn{HAVEGE}) algorithm. It tunes
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Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (@dfn{HAVEGE}) algorithm. It tunes
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itself to its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the
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itself to its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the
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output stream as used on certified hardware security devices.")
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output stream as used on certified hardware security devices.
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The quality of the randomness produced by this algorithm has not been proven.
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It is recommended to run it together with another entropy source like rngd, and
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not as a replacement for it.")
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(license (list (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/mconf.h")
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(license (list (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/mconf.h")
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(license:non-copyleft "file://nist/packtest.c")
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(license:non-copyleft "file://nist/packtest.c")
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license:public-domain ; nist/dfft.c
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license:public-domain ; nist/dfft.c
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