Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 12:17:45 -0700 From: Ryan Mansager <rmger@nrez.net> To: wes chow <wes@woahnelly.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [questions] Re: pgp Message-ID: <20020410121745.A15391@beau.nrez.net> In-Reply-To: <20020410142341.D11884-100000@hitchcock.woahnelly.net>; from wes@woahnelly.net on Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 02:27:33PM -0400 References: <20020410154345.GJ2686@irrelevant.org> <20020410142341.D11884-100000@hitchcock.woahnelly.net>
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i assume you're doing this remotely. banging on the keyboard doesn't work unless you're physically at the machine. Your best bet is to hammer your disk: `find / &` before you gpg --gen-key and you should be ok. there's lots of info about this via a simple google search, .ryan On Wed, Apr 10 2002, wes chow wrote: > > > I've been trying to set up gnupg. I installed it from the ports > collection, and then ran "gpg --gen-key" and got through all of the > various menu options. And then it started to generate the random bytes, > and asked me to "do some work to give the OS a chance to collect more > entropy". It's been running for quite a while (and I've typed plenty of > characters), but it still hasn't finished (it's been going for close to 20 > minutes). This isn't normal, is it? > > > Wes > > > > On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Simon Dick wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 10, 2002 at 11:35:05AM -0400, wes chow wrote: > > > > > > What implementation of pgp is currently the most popular? I was thinking > > > about using gnupg, but it's not compatible with pgp 2.x, which uses the > > > patented IDEA encryption scheme. Is this going to be a big inconvenience? > > > > I use gnupg personally, there is the possibility to use IDEA if you > > install the security/gnupg-idea port > > > > -- > > Simon Dick simond@irrelevant.org > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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