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PRNGD is a Pseudo Random Number Generator Daemon. It is intended
to replace EGD, and provides an EGD compatible interface to obtain
random data and as an entropy source.

PRNGD is never drained and can never block.  And it has a seed-save
file, so that it is immediately usable after system start.