On 04 Feb AD 2003, "Leland T. Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm executing the command to generate a server key according to the RedHat
> linux manual, my system is as follows:
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> [root@basea1 tmp]#
> [root@basea1 tmp]#
> [root@basea1 tmp]# nohup time /usr/bin/openssl genrsa -rand /dev/urandom
> 1024 > /tmp/server.key &
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>
> While the manual says this might take a long time, it has been running all
> night, are athalon processors slow? or did I phrase my command incorrectly?
> CPU time is being consumed like crazy.
>
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Hello
Openssl needs a finite file.
If you really want to use /dev/urandom then try something like this:
~ # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/random.data bs=1024 count=1024
1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
~ # time /usr/bin/openssl genrsa -rand /tmp/random.data 1024 > server.key
1048576 semi-random bytes loaded
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
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real 0m0.766s
user 0m0.680s
sys 0m0.000s
~ #
Best regards
Michal Luczak
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