Re: generating gpg keys
On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On generating gpg keys, how can one go about getting enough entropy on
> one's own machine? I tried generating it on a server I have co-located
> with my ISP, so at least it would have some network traffic and some
> web serving as entropy but that will still not enough; 14 bytes short
> once, 123 the next. I don't think it would ever be possible on my
> home machine. va & master don't have gpg installed, and on the Solaris
> undergrad server at university, gpg is unable to lock memory hence
^^^^^^^^^^^
I got this warning on linux (2.0.34) too :<
> the key will be insecure; none of these three are good places to generate
> a key anyway. Suggestions?
If found if you just let it sit it eventually goes on, took about 10 mins
or so.
Jason
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