rngd crashes occasionally

Solution In Progress - Updated -

Issue

  • This is not the "FIPS test failure"
  • rngd occasionally crashes

Is there a way to keep rngd alive or respawn it?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.5
  • kernel 2.6.32-431.20.3.el6
  • rng-tools-2-13.el6_2

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