From 0183098f9cb37a5389b8ff19dee98a4293752ce6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Alex Xu (Hello71)" Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2018 15:16:14 -0400 Subject: Initial commit --- README | 13 +++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+) create mode 100644 README (limited to 'README') diff --git a/README b/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fbb9b56 --- /dev/null +++ b/README @@ -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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf