How to Install and Uninstall rng-tools-debian Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: April 29,2024

1. Install "rng-tools-debian" package

Please follow the steps below to install rng-tools-debian on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                rng-tools-debian
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "rng-tools-debian" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall rng-tools-debian on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                rng-tools-debian
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the rng-tools-debian package on Kali Linux

Package: rng-tools-debian
Version: 2.4
Installed-Size: 122
Maintainer: Thorsten Glaser
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools
Provides: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools (= 2.4)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~), udev | makedev
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Conflicts: intel-rng-tools, rng-tools5
Breaks: rng-tools (>= 5migratf), rng-tools (<< 5migrate)
Size: 41200
SHA256: d09c8668423e27d3644beabdd9ea86a17bb7d3335f94deec755f4bb53faf3f90
SHA1: ffc596d47796a9d6e360fedb0931ec29ed2e06e3
MD5sum: 9d2c683a3479dc5fc0b02af8a161d2b4
Description: daemon to use a Hardware RNG (classic version)
The rngd daemon acts as a bridge between a Hardware RNG (random
number generator), such as the ones in some Intel/AMD/VIA chipsets,
and the kernel’s PRNG (pseudo-random number generator).
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It tests the data received from the HWRNG using the FIPS 140-2 (2002-10-10)
tests to verify that it is indeed random then feeds the random data to the
kernel entropy pool.
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This increases the bandwidth of the /dev/random device, from a source
that does not depend on outside activity. It may also improve the
quality (entropy) of the randomness of /dev/random.
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An HWRNG kernel module such as hw_random, or some other source of true
entropy that is accessible as a device or fifo, is required to use this
package. Securely tunneling entropy over the network and feeding it to
rngd is also possible.
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This is an unofficial version of rng-tools (as classically shipped by
Debian up to and including release 10 “buster”), version 2, extensively
modified to add multithreading and a lot of new functionality. However,
most users of newer or high-bandwidth HWRNGs might wish to install the
latest version of upstream rng-tools (packaged as rng-tools5) instead;
that package offers more performant support for those, even if it lacks
the new functionality from this version.
Description-md5:
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rng-tools-debian/rng-tools-debian_2.4_amd64.deb