[Bug 739347] New: Review Request: haveged - A Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm. Feed entropy into random pool
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Summary: Review Request: haveged - A Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm. Feed
entropy into random pool
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=739347
Summary: Review Request: haveged - A Linux entropy source using
the HAVEGE algorithm. Feed entropy into random pool
Product: Fedora
Version: rawhide
Platform: All
OS/Version: Linux
Status: NEW
Severity: medium
Priority: medium
Component: Package Review
AssignedTo: nobody(a)fedoraproject.org
ReportedBy: hladky.jiri(a)gmail.com
QAContact: extras-qa(a)fedoraproject.org
CC: notting(a)redhat.com,
package-review(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Classification: Fedora
Story Points: ---
Type: ---
Spec URL: http://jhladky.fedorapeople.org/haveged.spec
SRPM URL: http://jhladky.fedorapeople.org/haveged-1.2-0.fc14.src.rpm
Description:
A Linux entropy source using the HAVEGE algorithm
Haveged is a user space entropy daemon which is not dependent upon the
standard mechanisms for harvesting randomness for the system entropy
pool. This is important in systems with high entropy needs or limited
user interaction (e.g. headless servers).
Haveged uses HAVEGE (HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion)
to maintain a 1M pool of random bytes used to fill /dev/random
whenever the supply of random bits in /dev/random falls below the low
water mark of the device. The principle inputs to haveged are the
sizes of the processor instruction and data caches used to setup the
HAVEGE collector. The haveged default is a 4kb data cache and a 16kb
instruction cache. On machines with a cpuid instruction, haveged will
attempt to select appropriate values from internal tables.
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