>From the 'genrsa' manpage:
NOTES
RSA private key generation essentially involves the generation of two
prime numbers. When generating a private key various symbols will be
output to indicate the progress of the generation. A . represents each
number which has passed an initial sieve test, + means a number has
passed a single round of the Miller-Rabin primality test. A newline
means that the number has passed all the prime tests (the actual number
depends on the key size).
Because key generation is a random process the time taken to generate a
key may vary somewhat.
-Kyle H
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 12:49 PM, zubziro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> HI
>
> Doe's anybody knows how to see progress of key creation (openssl), there is
> a bunch of dot's (.......) but what does those means ?
>
> Thanks.
>
> p.s generating a 102400 bit key for one week now, would like to know how
> much it is left.
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