On Tue, Mar 21, 2006 at 08:45:47AM -0500, Henry Hertz Hobbit wrote: > Stef Caunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Is this just the way it is on FreeBSD (4.11-RELEASE)? There is > >plenty of randomness in /dev/urandom, and none in /dev/random...
Definitely ask on [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Can you ask your admin to add the Entropy Gathering Daemon that is > written in PERL? I believe you can install this and run it as a regular user, as well, but I might be wrong. > I can't speak as to the effectiveness or lack thereof of your method. > I am tempted to say that it will probably work, but I may be wrong. > The main point I worry about is when you generate your keys, not when > encrypting stuff. Lucas, who is writing a book on encryption using both > GnuPG and new style PGP uses FreeBSD and I believe he uses the EGD: > > http://www.blackhelicopters.org/~mwlucas/reviewers.html > Not on FreeBSD, but I've never had to generate large numbers of keys. > I have no idea how you can get to him because he has finally given > up on email and your message may be considered to be trash. I pay more attention to mailing lists than messages sent to me. Email is no longer a useful personal communications medium for me. :-( Good luck! ==ml -- Michael W. Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.BlackHelicopters.org/~mwlucas/ "The cloak of anonymity protects me from the nuisance of caring." -Non Sequitur _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
