NAME

       pollen - an Entropy-as-a-Service web server

SYNOPSIS

       pollen [OPTION]...

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

DESCRIPTION

       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.

SEE ALSO

       pollen(1), pollinate(1)

AUTHOR

       This  manpage  and  the  utility were written by Dustin Kirkland <kirkland@ubuntu.com> for
       Ubuntu systems (but may be used by others).  Permission is  granted  to  copy,  distribute
       and/or  modify  this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 3
       published by the Free Software Foundation.

       On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License  can  be  found  in
       /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL, or on the web at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.