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author | Erik Falor <ewfalor@gmail.com> | 2013-12-01 10:16:15 +0700 |
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committer | Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org> | 2013-12-01 13:01:01 +0700 |
commit | 124c55da4e9590e1cc6be5fd48d32a90e10e8562 (patch) | |
tree | b5abca8f469565fc368379642f696194ea87fd00 | |
parent | aa4341618b33db399a6d609b152516cc9568bb79 (diff) |
system/haveged: Updated for version 1.7c.
Signed-off-by: Willy Sudiarto Raharjo <willysr@slackbuilds.org>
-rw-r--r-- | system/haveged/README | 21 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | system/haveged/haveged.SlackBuild | 12 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | system/haveged/haveged.info | 6 |
3 files changed, 20 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/system/haveged/README b/system/haveged/README index dee52968a6f60..187b3bdda997d 100644 --- a/system/haveged/README +++ b/system/haveged/README @@ -2,17 +2,18 @@ haveged (a simple entropy-gathering daemon) The haveged project is an attempt to provide an easy-to-use, unpredictable random number generator based upon an adaptation of the HAVEGE algorithm. -Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random device -that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers. +Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random +device that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers. The HAVEGE algorithm is based upon the indirect effects of unrelated hardware -events on the instruction timing of a calculation that is sensitive to processor -features such as branch predictors and instruction/data access mechanisms. +events on the instruction timing of a calculation that is sensitive to +processor features such as branch predictors and instruction/data access +mechanisms. Samples from a high-resolution timer are input into the algorithm to produce a stream of random data in a collection buffer. The contents of this -buffer can be fed into the random device or accessed directly through the file -system. File system access is a useful alternative to those situations where -use of the random device is either inappropriate or not available. +buffer can be fed into the random device or accessed directly through the +file system. File system access is a useful alternative to those situations +where use of the random device is either inappropriate or not available. Add the following snippet to your /etc/rc.d/rc.M to start up haveged at boot: @@ -21,6 +22,6 @@ if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.haveged ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.haveged start fi -You can see how many bits of entropy are available to the system by reading the -/proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail file, and check the size of your entropy -pool at /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize. +You can see how many bits of entropy are available to the system by reading +the /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail file, and check the size of your +entropy pool at /proc/sys/kernel/random/poolsize. diff --git a/system/haveged/haveged.SlackBuild b/system/haveged/haveged.SlackBuild index d72ad7e356b13..765ab2eb9f128 100644 --- a/system/haveged/haveged.SlackBuild +++ b/system/haveged/haveged.SlackBuild @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ # Slackware build script for haveged -# Copyright 2012 Erik Falor, West Valley City, Utah, USA +# Copyright 2013 Erik Falor, West Valley City, Utah, USA # All rights reserved. # # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. PRGNAM=haveged -VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5} +VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7c} BUILD=${BUILD:-1} TAG=${TAG:-_SBo} @@ -64,10 +64,10 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION chown -R root:root . find -L . \ - \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \ - -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \ - \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \ - -exec chmod 644 {} \; + \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \ + -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \ + \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \ + -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \; CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \ diff --git a/system/haveged/haveged.info b/system/haveged/haveged.info index 82876c0ac9130..cb51f211de7bf 100644 --- a/system/haveged/haveged.info +++ b/system/haveged/haveged.info @@ -1,8 +1,8 @@ PRGNAM="haveged" -VERSION="1.5" +VERSION="1.7c" HOMEPAGE="http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/index.html" -DOWNLOAD="http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/haveged-1.5.tar.gz" -MD5SUM="c1f34be00c3f438ec83862e90e192e4b" +DOWNLOAD="http://www.issihosts.com/haveged/haveged-1.7c.tar.gz" +MD5SUM="036760389b1827a2532e248dd3cc46d3" DOWNLOAD_x86_64="" MD5SUM_x86_64="" REQUIRES="" |