Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 11:24:03 -0700 From: matthew zeier <matthew@intelenet.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: gnupg says not enough entropy... ? Message-ID: <20001011112403.C15262@intelenet.net>
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--t0UkRYy7tHLRMCai Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I'm having problems generating a key with Gnupg (gpg --gen-key). I'm not clear on how to get past this. I've kept the machine up for hours doing other work and don't get past this. Thanks. We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number generator a better chance to gain enough entropy. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++....+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++= +++++++++.+++++.+++++..+++++..+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++>+++++++++= +>+++++..l.k..j...a.s..<+++++d.kl.j...lk..j...l.a.k.s.d.j++kl+aj+sd+ Not enough random bytes available. Please do some other work to give the OS a chance to collect more entropy! (Need 300 more bytes) --=20 matthew zeier - "There ain't no rules around here. We're trying to accomplish something." - Thomas Edison --t0UkRYy7tHLRMCai Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.3 (SunOS) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjnksEIACgkQ2vhH5UMgI9ek2QCgjoxMueGZczdQMPup0s8D1EhE GBoAnAyN2Xib/kzn8KfFAFsC9pWFYaXJ =AjLm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --t0UkRYy7tHLRMCai-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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