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diff --git a/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn b/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn
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--- a/Hurd/RandomDevice.mdwn
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@@ -1,17 +1,30 @@
+## <a name="_http_savannah_gnu_org_task_5130"> </a> [Savannah task #5130: random translator](http://savannah.gnu.org/task/?5130)
+
+See the attached [[ATTACHURLmboxbz2]] containing all the emails concerning this topic which I was able to gather from public archives.
+
+## <a name="Description"> Description </a>
+
+Sources of entropy are for example disk access latencies or keystroke patterns or behavior on networks. This suggests that for implementing a random translator a kernel part is needed as well, to gather that entropy. That kernel part would then export the gathered entropy via a kernel device, named perhaps _entropy_. TODO.
+
 ## <a name="Setup_pseudo_random_devices"> Setup pseudo random devices </a>
 
 Stuck getting SSH to work? You need a pseudo random generator (PRG).
 
-There are several solutions to the lack of /dev/random and /dev/urandom, but they are not yet in the default installation.
+There are several solutions to the lack of _/dev/random_ and _/dev/urandom_, but they are not yet in the default installation.
 
-* Marcus' work can be downloaded at: [random.tar.gz](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/random.tar.gz) (identical to <http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz> ?)
+* Marcus' work can be downloaded at [random.tar.gz](ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/hurd/contrib/marcus/random.tar.gz). (Identical to <http://kilobug.free.fr/hurd/random-64.tar.gz>?)
   * [A patch](http://mail.gnu.org/pipermail/bug-hurd/2002-August/010248.html) that was probably already incorporated from August 14, 2002.
   * Clemmitt Sigler [reported success](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00076.html) October 11, 2002 and Marcus [described some](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-hurd/2002-10/msg00081.html) of the internals.
 
-* [egd](http://egd.sourceforge.net/) - Entropy Gathering Daemon (here's the [RFP](http://bugs.debian.org/145498))
+* [Entropy Gathering Daemon](http://egd.sourceforge.net/).
+  * [request for packaging](http://bugs.debian.org/145498).
+
+* [OSKit Entropy Patch](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2003-01/msg00000.html) from Derek Davies - Jan 2003.
+  * See also [this page](http://www.ddavies.net/oskit-entropy/).
+  * Note that this patch can (and should) be used with this [OSKit NIC patch](ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/mail/html/oskit-users/msg01570.html).
 
-* [OSKit Entropy Patch](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2003-01/msg00000.html) from Derek Davies - Jan 2003. See also [this page](http://www.ddavies.net/oskit-entropy/index.html).
-  * Note that this patch can (and should) be used with this[ OSKit NIC patch](ftp://flux.cs.utah.edu/flux/oskit/mail/html/oskit-users/msg01570.html).
+* [Sune Kirkeby's incomplete port of the Linux /dev/\{,u\}random device driver](http://ibofobi.dk/stuff/hurd-entropy/)
+  * [The files](http://download.ibofobi.dk/hurd-entropy/), including a [patch for GNU Mach](http://download.ibofobi.dk/hurd-entropy/gnumach-entropy.diff.bz2).
 
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@@ -26,5 +39,3 @@ After untaring the package you copy the random binary to the /hurd directory. Th
     # settrans -c /dev/urandom /hurd/random \
                --seed-file /var/run/urandom-seed --fast
     # chmod 0644 /dev/random /dev/urandom
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--- [[Main/JoachimNilsson]] - 21 Jan 2003