Bug#662736: ITP: maxwell -- entropy-gathering daemon

[intrigeri <intrigeri@debian.org>]

Hi Pedro,

Pedro I. Sanchez wrote (18 Jul 2012 03:01:19 GMT) :
> * Package name         : maxwell
> [...]
> * Description          : entropy-gathering daemon

> [...]
> There are a number of other ways to feed entropy to random (4).

Yes, and as you for sure know, a few are in Debian already.

> The advantage of maxwell is that it is small, simple and only
> minimally hardware-dependent. The other methods also have
> advantages, and in many cases one of them will be preferable to
> this one.

I would be delighted to be pointed to a place when these many cases,
and reasons why/when other methods are preferable, are discussed in
a bit more details :)

Cheers,
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