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@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +random-seed is a random seed management program. In contrast with other random +seed implementations, random-seed will credit the random seed to the kernel +entropy count. It attempts to prevent inadvertent random seed sharing by +checking that certain system identifiers, such as the machine ID and filesystem +ID have not changed between a save and load. If these identifiers do not +match, random-seed will still load the random seed, but will not credit the +entropy. + +It is my understanding that other operating systems are either not commonly imaged (e.g. BSDs) or have official tools for system image preparation (e.g. sysprep for Windows). Therefore, random-seed is Linux specific. However, it should be reasonably easy to port by simply adjusting the paths and changing getrandom to /dev/random. + +random-seed requires GNU make to compile. + +random-seed requires Linux 3.11 or higher supporting the getrandom(2) system call. |