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nixos/modules/security/rngd: Disable by default
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nixos/doc/manual/release-notes/rl-2009.xml
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@ -815,6 +815,13 @@ CREATE ROLE postgres LOGIN SUPERUSER;
the value of <option>services.jellyfin.package</option> to <literal>pkgs.jellyfin_10_5</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
The <literal>security.rngd</literal> service is now disabled by default.
This choice was made because there's krngd in the linux kernel space making it (for most usecases)
functionally redundent.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>

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nixos/modules/security/rngd.nix
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@ -10,11 +10,10 @@ in
security.rngd = {
enable = mkOption {
type = types.bool;
default = true;
default = false;
description = ''
Whether to enable the rng daemon, which adds entropy from
hardware sources of randomness to the kernel entropy pool when
available.
Whether to enable the rng daemon. Devices that the kernel recognises
as entropy sources are handled automatically by krngd.
'';
};
debug = mkOption {
@ -26,12 +25,6 @@ in
};
config = mkIf cfg.enable {
services.udev.extraRules = ''
KERNEL=="random", TAG+="systemd"
SUBSYSTEM=="cpu", ENV{MODALIAS}=="cpu:type:x86,*feature:*009E*", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service"
KERNEL=="hw_random", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service"
'';
systemd.services.rngd = {
bindsTo = [ "dev-random.device" ];