pollen1

Usage

Options

-http-port - the HTTP port on which to listen and serve cleartext responses; use "" to disable; default is "80"

-https-port - the HTTPS port on which to listen and serve encrypted, TLS responses; use "" to disable; default is "443"

-device - the device to use for reading and writing random data; default is /dev/urandom

-bytes - the size, in bytes, to transmit and receive each time to peers or neighbors listening in the pool; default is 64

-cert - the path to the TLS certificate; default is /etc/pollen/cert.pem

-key - the path to the TLS key; default is /etc/pollen/key.pem

Overview

pollen is an Entropy-as-a-Service web server, providing random seeds over a TLS encrypted connection.

All requests are serviced over HTTPS, using the key at /etc/pollen/key.pem and the cert at /etc/pollen/cert.pem.

Some configuration options are available to the system administrator in /etc/default/pollen.