raulg> But what is the use of RANDFILE and oid_file in openssl?
RANDFILE is a file where the current random number generator state is
stored. Basically, it is used as a seed for the next run of openssl.
This is a whole lot better, even if not perfect, than having a static
seed, wouldn't you say? And for the systems supporting it, I think (I
haven't looked in quite a while) that some state from other things,
like perhaps /dev/urandom, is added to the blob...
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