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[RHEL-10.1] rng-tools update for jitter source

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      .Default configuration now disables jitter entropy source in `rng-tools`

      The jitter entropy source is now disabled by default in `rng-tools`. Modern CPUs provide a hardware entropy source, and most virtual machines offer the `/dev/hwrng` device as an entropy source from the virtual host. In these environments, the jitter entropy source consumes unnecessary CPU cycles. For older hardware without a hardware entropy source, you can explicitly enable the jitter entropy source in `/etc/sysconfig/rngd`.

      As a result, the `rngd` daemon no longer consumes CPU cycles unnecessarily on systems that have hardware entropy sources.
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      .Default configuration now disables jitter entropy source in `rng-tools` The jitter entropy source is now disabled by default in `rng-tools`. Modern CPUs provide a hardware entropy source, and most virtual machines offer the `/dev/hwrng` device as an entropy source from the virtual host. In these environments, the jitter entropy source consumes unnecessary CPU cycles. For older hardware without a hardware entropy source, you can explicitly enable the jitter entropy source in `/etc/sysconfig/rngd`. As a result, the `rngd` daemon no longer consumes CPU cycles unnecessarily on systems that have hardware entropy sources.
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      Update rng-tools for RHEL-10.0 to v6.17.

              rhn-support-vdronov Vladislav Dronov
              rhn-support-vdronov Vladislav Dronov
              Krishnaswamy Krishna Kumar
              Vladislav Dronov Vladislav Dronov
              Rafael Parra Zoquier Rafael Parra Zoquier
              Malhar Jivrajani Malhar Jivrajani
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