[RHEL] Missing Hardware Random Number Generator hw_random
Issue
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux does not create the Hardware Random Number Generator (
/dev/hw_randomor/dev/hwrandom) device or listing it as a choice in/sys/class/misc/hw_random/dev.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
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