The BitBabbler is a hardware True Random Number Generator (TRNG) manufactured by Voicetronix of Australia. This package installs the software necessary to control and perform basic health checks on both "white" or "black" varieties of BB devices. After installing this package: 1. Add group "bit-babbler", or modify /etc/udev/rules.d/90-bit-babbler.rules to use an existing group (e.g., "wheel" or "adm"). Beside root, only members of this designated group will be able to directly access BB devices on your system. 2a. 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 2b. 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 Enjoy!