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rng-tools 6.16 bugfix/feature release release

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@nhorman nhorman released this 10 Jan 13:07
· 32 commits to master since this release

New rng-tools release addressing the following issues:

Bugfixes

  • Misc man page fixes, specifically addressing -V option misdocumentation
  • Improve security by allowing rngd to drop privlidges
  • Misc documentation improvements
  • Fix building with jitterentropy when configured for internal software clock usage
  • Fix building of power9 darn code on power systems that don't natively support DARN instruction
  • Fix jitterentropy long timeout failures on low power hardware
  • Fix various build time errors on non libc systems
  • Misc covscan issue fixes

Features

  • Add support for qrypt entropy beacon