Hi Paul, You may be interested in the "ekeyd" package, it already does a lot of what you are proposing.
Cheers, Roger On Mon, Oct 21, 2013 at 12:24 AM, Paul Elliott <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am currently working on a way that computers > with hardware random numbers generators can share > random numbers with computers that do not have > hardware random number generators. > > It looks like everything can be done with simple > scripts so that no new low level source code needs to > be written. All that seems to be needed is a xinet.d > entry on the source, and a /etc/init.d/ entry and a bash > script on the reciever. > > When I get it done and tested, I plan to submit it to the rng-tools > people. Perhaps they will put it in contrib. Or perhaps I will make my > own project. > > In any case, the sender and reciever need to share a privledged port. > > What is the official way of getting one of these allocated in > /etc/services? > > Thank you. > > > -- > Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 > [email protected] PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J > http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 > --- > "Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one > of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint > security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways > around it." Edward Snowden -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/cah7zdyf6c523tnsj5_spaez2swdwo-r88iphet_ed0nosfg...@mail.gmail.com
