{ config, pkgs, ... }: with pkgs.lib; { options = { security.rngd.enable = mkOption { default = true; description = '' Whether to enable the rng daemon, which adds entropy from hardware sources of randomness to the kernel entropy pool when available. ''; }; }; config = mkIf config.security.rngd.enable { services.udev.extraRules = '' KERNEL=="random", TAG+="systemd" SUBSYSTEM=="cpu", ENV{MODALIAS}=="x86cpu:*feature:*009E*", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service" KERNEL=="hw_random", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service" KERNEL=="tmp0", TAG+="systemd", ENV{SYSTEMD_WANTS}+="rngd.service" ''; boot.systemd.services.rngd = { bindsTo = [ "dev-random.device" ]; after = [ "dev-random.device" ]; description = "Hardware RNG Entropy Gatherer Daemon"; serviceConfig.ExecStart = "${pkgs.rng_tools}/sbin/rngd -f"; restartTriggers = [ pkgs.rng_tools ]; }; }; }