[fwd] --gen-key (Need 300 more bytes) (from: olibode@optushome.com.au)

[Anthony David]

"J. Goodleaf" <goodleaf@goodleaf.net> writes:

> You need to use rndcontrol to set an IRQ to help supply entropy for the
> random number generator.

Thanks for the info.

Oliver mailed me back to say he found rndcontrol ref in the list
archives. I ommited that reference because he didn't state his OS.
In hindsight...

> 
> On most *nixish systems, type vmstat -i

s/most/many/

vmstat -i
interrupt         total     rate
--------------------------------
clock         805251215      100
hmec0         819978864      101
fdc0               6603        0
--------------------------------
Total        1625236682      201

But then the above OS (Sol 2.6) needs to to use egd...

> 
> This returns a list of irqs in use. Find an irq (Not clk or rtc) that's
> got a decent rate number.
> 
> Then just type:
> rndcontrol -s 11
> (where irq 11 is getting, say a 35 in the rate column.Fill in the
> irq of your choice, just not clk or rtc.) Once this has been
> done, try generating a key again. It may take a while, depending on the
> size of the key and the rate of entropy generated from the irq you're
> using, but it will work (I think).
> -J

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