Source: entropybroker Section: utils Priority: optional Maintainer: Thorsten Alteholz Standards-Version: 4.6.1 Build-Depends: debhelper-compat (= 13) , libgd-dev , libasound2-dev , libusb-1.0-0-dev , libpng16-16 , zlib1g-dev , libpcsclite-dev , libftdi-dev , libcrypto++-dev , cppcheck Homepage: https://www.vanheusden.com/entropybroker/ Vcs-Browser: https://salsa.debian.org/alteholz/entropybroker Vcs-Git: https://salsa.debian.org/alteholz/entropybroker.git Rules-Requires-Root: no Package: entropybroker Architecture: any Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends} Description: infrastructure for distributing random numbers (entropy data) Entropy Broker is an infrastructure for distributing cryptographically secure random numbers (entropy data) from one or more servers to one or more clients. . It allows you to distribute entropy data (random values) to /dev/random devices from other systems (real servers or virtualised systems). It helps preventing that the /dev/random device gets depleted; an empty /dev/random-device can cause programs to hang (waiting for entropy data to become available). . This is useful for systems that need to generate encryption keys, run VPN software or run a casino website. Also virtual systems that have no good sources of entropy like virtual servers (e.g. VMware, XEN and KVM (although KVM has the virtio_rnd driver)). . Entropy Broker is an infrastructure consisting of client-daemons that fill /dev/random and server-daemons that feed the central entropy broker-server. The server-daemons can gather random values by measuring timer frequency noise, analysing noise from a unused audio-device, noise from a video source (webcam, tv-card) and random values from a real hardware RNG (random number generator).