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33 .Nd FIPS 140-2 random number generator test monitor
41 to hardware crypto devices to monitor the
42 entropy data passed to the
45 This data is periodically tested for FIPS 140-2 compliance and
46 statistics are collected.
47 If the harvested entropy fails any of the FIPS test suite, then
48 it is discarded and testing is continuously applied until
50 is received from the device.
51 Failures are optionally reported on the console.
60 The idea for this and the original code came from
61 .An "Jason L. Wright" .
64 device driver first appeared in
67 Crypto device drivers must be compiled specially to make use of this driver;
68 this should not be necessary.
69 This feature might better be integrated into the
71 subsystem where it can be applied to devices that claim to supply