The BitBabbler is a hardware-based True Random Number generator (TRNG). It is offered in both "White" and "Black" varieties that are functionally almost identical apart from throughput and cost. This package installs the software necessary to control and perform basic health checks on connected BB devices. After installing the package, "groupadd bit-babbler", or adjust /etc/udev/rules.d/90-bit-babbler.rules to use an existing group (e.g., wheel or adm) that will have permissions for the BB devices in your system. Typically, you'll probably want your BitBabbler device(s) to start feeding entropy to the kernel at boot. Include these lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local: # Start BitBabbler TRNG. if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.seedd ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.seedd start fi It is also a good idea to stop your BB device from feeding entropy to the kernel before capturing the random number seed on shutdown/reboot. Put these lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.local_shutdown, which you'll need to create if it doesn't already exist: # Stop BitBabbler TRNG. if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.seedd ]; then . /etc/rc.d/rc.seedd stop fi