Integrate Whilygig to the System

There are two ways to integrate the randomness of Whirlygig(s) to the kernel entropy pool

Using the RNGD Daemon (RECOMMENDED)

Install the rng-tools with:

sudo aptitude install rng-tools

Normally rngd should start properly itself now, if this is not the case run:

sudo rngd -r /dev/hwrng

check if it comes up the next time you start up properly.

Use the Whrilygig directly (NOT RECOMMENDED)

This is just for applications that strongly need high speed randomness (~1 MiB/s) and you really know what you are doing! For normal users the first solution above is absolutely fine and from our point of view more secure! Random sources should always be mixed with others to reduce the chance that the random source is vulnerable to a statistical characteristic! We think that the randomness of the whirlygig is very good, but we recommend this , because in computer security you never know.

If you considered this wisely you may use:

ADD PERSISTENT HWRNG SYMLINK ON BOOT!