%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Haveged-&haveged-version; Haveged Introduction to Haveged The Haveged package contains a daemon that generates an unpredictable stream of random numbers and feeds the /dev/random device. &lfs91_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &haveged-md5sum; Download size: &haveged-size; Estimated disk space required: &haveged-buildsize; Estimated build time: &haveged-time; User Notes: Installation of Haveged Install Haveged by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make To test the results, issue: make check. Now, as the root user: make install && mkdir -pv /usr/share/doc/haveged-&haveged-version; && cp -v README /usr/share/doc/haveged-&haveged-version; Configuring haveged <phrase revision="sysv">Boot Script</phrase> <phrase revision="systemd">Systemd Unit</phrase> If you want the Haveged daemon to start automatically when the system is booted, install the /etc/rc.d/init.d/haveged init script included in the package (as the root user): If you want the Haveged daemon to start automatically when the system is booted, install the haveged.service unit included in the package (as the root user): haveged make install-haveged Contents Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directory haveged libhavege.so /usr/include/haveged and /usr/share/doc/haveged-&haveged-version; Short Descriptions haveged is a daemon that generates an unpredictable stream of random numbers harvested from the indirect effects of hardware events based on hidden processor states (caches, branch predictors, memory translation tables, etc). haveged