On 9/6/2014 4:17 PM, Bill Ricker wrote:
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 4:00 PM, Bill Horne<[email protected]> wrote:
2. Does "doing other things" on the system contribute to the entropy pool? In
other words, does Linux acquire randomness by monitoring the time between
keystrokes or mouse movements or similar "normal" events?
Yes. Noise-bits from timing of Mouse, keyboard, and disk access are
likely all to be harvested.
Thanks, that's nice to know.
Is there any way to speed the process? Short of putting up an antenna
and counting bits of static, how can I accumulate random bits more
quickly that by typing or moving the mouse?
Long story short, must I tough it out and copy "War and Peace" by hand
in order to get enough entropy for a new key?
TIA.
Bill
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