Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2001 19:31:40 -0400 From: Micah Brandon <brandon@vv.com> To: alexus <ml@db.nexgen.com> Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: out of entropy Message-ID: <20010716193140.Q6318@vv.com> In-Reply-To: <01c601c10e4b$e20d19d0$0d00a8c0@alexus>
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Here is a work-around I've used in the past. Create a "random" file from the output of various commands like this: $ dd if=/dev/urandom of=my_random_file count=1024 $ date >>my_random_file $ netstat -a >>my_random_file $ df -k >>my_random_file Then, feed the file to dnssec-keygen with the "-r <file name>" option. Obviously, this is not the best "randomness", but it will create a key for you. Just keep secret what output you use in your random file :) * alexus (ml@db.nexgen.com) [010716 19:08]: > i've tryed that... > > su-2.05# rndcontrol > rndcontrol: interrupts in use: 10 15 > su-2.05# > > still same thing > -- Micah Brandon brandon@vv.com Netsville, Inc. http://www.netsville.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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