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diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm index 7aaa7fb644..79a1b0b46a 100644 --- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm +++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm @@ -3760,7 +3760,11 @@ systems with high needs or limited user interaction, such as headless servers. indirect effects of hardware events on hidden processor state using the HArdware Volatile Entropy Gathering and Expansion (@dfn{HAVEGE}) algorithm. It tunes itself to its environment and provides the same built-in test suite for the -output stream as used on certified hardware security devices.") +output stream as used on certified hardware security devices. + +The quality of the randomness produced by this algorithm has not been proven. +It is recommended to run it together with another entropy source like rngd, and +not as a replacement for it.") (license (list (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/mconf.h") (license:non-copyleft "file://nist/packtest.c") license:public-domain ; nist/dfft.c |