Secure development: New and improved Linux Random Number Generator ready for testing

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Nov 18, 2021 1:00 PM EDT
The Daily Swig; By John Leydon
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A modern alternative to the core encryption technology bundled with Linux distributions is ready for testing after five years of development. The Linux Random Number Generator (LRNG), which relies on several computing functions to act as a source of entropy, is designed to be a drop-in replacement for the long-established /dev/random function.

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