Okay, the following was old information. REALLY old information: On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:51 PM, Joel Rees <joel.r...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 8:41 AM, <pecon...@mesanetworks.net> wrote: >> As many of you know, /dev/random is a source of random bits that are >> suitable for use > > some uses > >> in cryptographic analysis. [...] >> Just how often do you have to poke at the keyboard? And >> when you do poke at it, about how many key presses do you make before >> you get the number of bits you requested? > > When generating certificates with openssl, I often have to type a full
make that "had", as in about ten years or so ago. > paragraph or two to get the number of bits I need. > [...] The OS was probably Redhat or Fedora, and FreeBSD. Don't recall doing it with Debian, so my information was not even relevant to Paul's question. (Sorry, Paul.) Just made a dummy key and cert on wheezy, after having been booted up for about three hours. No typing or mouse movement was necessary, just took a second or two. I suppose I should power cycle and see what it's like with a fresh entropy pool. -- Joel Rees Be careful where you see conspiracy. Look first in your own heart. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAAr43iNNmUsXC7Ve71d4ZcNnUbZT4BC9DSPgbz=-tpu326e...@mail.gmail.com
