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Entropy is the measure of the random numbers available from /dev/urandom.
It is important for a secure operating system to have sufficient quantities of entropy available for various crypotographic and non-cryptographic purposes, such as:
generation of cryptographic keys
TCP port randomisation (NAT, outbound connection)
TCP sequence number selection
writing random files for testing network functionality and throughput
overwriting hard disks prior to reuse or resale or encryption
Alternative entropy sources
Rationale
It is generally recommended wherever entropy is used heavily to supply additional entropy sources.
Solution
Haveged
Haveged was created to remedy low-entropy conditions in the Linux random device that can occur under some workloads, especially on headless servers.
# Add haveged daemon to autostart
systemctl enable haveged
# For temporary change:echo"1024"> /proc/sys/kernel/random/write_wakeup_threshold
# For permanent change (edit /etc/rc.local):
/usr/local/sbin/haveged -w 1024
Comments
To check the status of your server’s entropy, just run the following: