---
name: "infnoise"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "infnoise"
version: "0.3.3+dfsg-1+b1"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/infnoise"
---

# infnoise(8)

Infinite Noise TRNG driver

## NAME

infnoise - Infinite Noise TRNG driver

## SYNOPSIS

**infnoise --help**\
 **infnoise --version**\
 **infnoise --list-devices**\
 **infnoise** \[**--debug**\] \[**--dev-random**\] \[**--raw**\] \[**--multiplier** \<*value*\>\] \[**--no-output**\] \[**--pidfile** \<*file*\>\] \[**--daemon**\] \[**--serial** \<*serial*\>\]

## DESCRIPTION

**infnoise** provides access to the Infinite Noise True Random Number Generator and allows the data it generates to be fed into the system's random number generator.

**infnoise --help** shows a short summary of the options.

**infnoise --version** displays the program's version information.

**infnoise --list-devices** lists all the supported TRNG devices present on the system.

**infnoise** reads random data from a TRNG and outputs filtered random data to its standard output. The various options control the program's behaviour.

## OPTIONS

- **--debug**

  measures the quality of the data obtained from the TRNG. It is typically used with --no-output as a sanity test.

- **--dev-random**

  adds the filtered data to the system's entropy pool instead of sending it to its standard output.

- **--raw**

  disables output whitening.

- **--multiplier**\<*value*\>

  writes 256 bits × *value* for every 512 bits written to the Keccak sponge; the default of 0 means to write all the available entropy, without multiplying it.

- **--no-output**

  disables output of random data.

- **--pidfile**\<*file*\>

  stores the process' identifier in *file*.

- **--daemon**

  starts the program as a daemon.

- **--serial**\<*serial*\>

  uses the device matching the specified *serial*.