LXer: Helping The Random Number Generator To Gain Enough Entropy With rng-tools (Debian Lenny)

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LXer: Helping The Random Number Generator To Gain Enough Entropy With rng-tools (Debian Lenny)

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12-13-2010, 08:40 AM	#1
LXer LXer NewsBot Registered: Dec 2005 Posts: 128,380 Rep:	LXer: Helping The Random Number Generator To Gain Enough Entropy With rng-tools (Debian Lenny) Published at LXer: You might know this situation: you want to generate a GPG or SSL key, and during that operation, your system tells you that no more random bytes are available and that it needs to collect more entropy, and you are stuck. This short guide tells you how to solve this problem with the package rng-tools on Debian Lenny. Read More...

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