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security.rngd: start rngd during early boot to reduce entropy starvation due to encrypted swap and remove PrivateTmp to avoid a circular dependency

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Daniel Frank 2019-10-18 00:30:11 +02:00
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@ -39,12 +39,15 @@ in
description = "Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon";
# rngd may have to start early to avoid entropy starvation during boot with encrypted swap
unitConfig.DefaultDependencies = false;
serviceConfig = {
ExecStart = "${pkgs.rng-tools}/sbin/rngd -f"
+ optionalString cfg.debug " -d";
# PrivateTmp would introduce a circular dependency if /tmp is on tmpfs and swap is encrypted,
# thus depending on rngd before swap, while swap depends on rngd to avoid entropy starvation.
NoNewPrivileges = true;
PrivateNetwork = true;
PrivateTmp = true;
ProtectSystem = "full";
ProtectHome = true;
};