From cd513482d46c41243934ef5835cda30ca228c474 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shea Levy Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2012 02:07:25 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add rngd service. Inspired by http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rng-tools.git/tree/rngd.service?id=27b1912b2d9659b6934fd4c887e46c13958e7e3c --- modules/module-list.nix | 1 + modules/security/rngd.nix | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+) create mode 100644 modules/security/rngd.nix diff --git a/modules/module-list.nix b/modules/module-list.nix index 1f25f2aa1e..3f66ff917f 100644 --- a/modules/module-list.nix +++ b/modules/module-list.nix @@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ ./security/pam.nix ./security/pam_usb.nix ./security/polkit.nix + ./security/rngd.nix ./security/rtkit.nix ./security/setuid-wrappers.nix ./security/sudo.nix diff --git a/modules/security/rngd.nix b/modules/security/rngd.nix new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1dfea8ce96 --- /dev/null +++ b/modules/security/rngd.nix @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +{ config, pkgs, ... }: + +with pkgs.lib; + +{ + options = { + security.rngd.enable = mkOption { + default = true; + description = '' + Whether tho enable the rng daemon, which adds entropy from + hardware sources of randomness to the kernel entropy pool when + available. It is strongly recommended to keep this enabled! + ''; + }; + }; + + config = mkIf config.security.rngd.enable { + boot.systemd.services.rngd = { + wantedBy = [ config.boot.systemd.defaultUnit ]; + + description = "Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon"; + + serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.rng_tools}/sbin/rngd -f"; + }; + }; +}