prngd - Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon

[lawrenzo_1]

Hi,

can someone tell me the correct permissions for the socket file:

/var/run/egd-pool which is required to run the prngd daemon.

Also does anyone know what other program would use this daemon as it has been flagged as a security risk on my system.

many thanks

Chris.

[OldSchool]

well....actually the prngd daemon writes pseudo-random data to the "pool"

implementations of ssh, ssl and so on use that information as an "entropy" source instead of gathering their own information. makes connections via those ssh much quicker.

never heard it being called a security risk before....its part of a package that enhances security.

was it flagged because the permissions were
srwxrwxrwx?

[OldSchool · Accepted solution]

oh, yeah....one other thing.

you can change it all you want, when the daemon restarts, it recreates it anyway, with "srwxrwxrwx"

[lawrenzo_1]

ok thanks,

that makes more sense now - will pass these comments over ...

Chris