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docs: admin-guide: hw_random: update rng-tools website 

rng-tools upstream moved to github. New upstream does not appear to
consider itself official website for hw_random. Drop that part.

Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch@tkos.co.il>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/ef52ace5008fa934084442149f64f5f9ddbba465.1704720105.git.baruch@tkos.co.il
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@ -14,10 +14,9 @@ into that core.
To make the most effective use of these mechanisms, you To make the most effective use of these mechanisms, you
should download the support software as well. Download the should download the support software as well. Download the
latest version of the "rng-tools" package from the latest version of the "rng-tools" package from:
hw_random driver's official Web site:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/ https://github.com/nhorman/rng-tools
Those tools use /dev/hwrng to fill the kernel entropy pool, Those tools use /dev/hwrng to fill the kernel entropy pool,
which is used internally and exported by the /dev/urandom and which is used internally and exported by the /dev/urandom and