About:
The Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon (PRNGD) offers an EGD compatible interface for obtaining random data. It is intented to be used as an entropy source to feed other software, especially software based on OpenSSL. Like EGD, it calls system programs to collect entropy. Unlike EGD, it does not generate a pool of random bits that can be called from other software. Instead, it feeds the bits gathered into the OpenSSL PRNG, from which the "random bits" are obtained when requested. This way, PRNGD is never drained and can never block (unlike EGD), so it is also suitable to seed inetd-started programs. It also features a seed-save file, so that it is immediately usable after system start.

Release focus: Minor bugfixes

Changes:
When using GCC with bounds checking, prngd failed in rand.c:248. This has been fixed.

Author:
Lutz Jaenicke [contact developer]

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Homepage:
http://prngd.sourceforge.net/
Mirror site:
http://www.mirrors.wiretapped.net/[..]y/libraries/math/prng-and-entropy/prngd/

Trove categories: [change]

[Development Status]		4 - Beta
[Intended Audience]		System Administrators
[License]		Freely Distributable
[Operating System]		POSIX
[Programming Language]		C
[Topic]		Security :: Cryptography, System

Dependencies: [change]
No dependencies filed

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	0.9.26	21-Oct-2002	Freely Distributable

 Releases

Version	Focus	Date
0.9.26	Minor bugfixes	21-Oct-2002 16:51
0.9.25	Minor bugfixes	30-May-2002 20:22
0.9.23	Initial freshmeat announcement	22-Aug-2001 19:22