services: urandom-seed: Try using a HWRNG to seed the Linux CRNG at boot.
authorLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Wed, 13 Dec 2017 23:49:28 +0000 (18:49 -0500)
committerLeo Famulari <leo@famulari.name>
Tue, 19 Dec 2017 16:31:24 +0000 (11:31 -0500)
commit9a56cf2b5b4970843c215091ea9823a67e077310
treed08753865b0d1c77bcc845a38f675996f0ebc20d
parenta8db968fa48ecb3dd219833a9e393a383d842215
services: urandom-seed: Try using a HWRNG to seed the Linux CRNG at boot.

* gnu/services/base.scm (urandom-seed-shepherd-service): Try to read from
'/dev/hwrng' at boot, as a supplement to any saved random seed.
* doc/guix.texi (Base Services): Document the new feature.
doc/guix.texi
gnu/services/base.scm