key generation

[Werner Koch]

On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 09:55:10 -0500, David Shaw said:

> Faster, yes, but lesser quality keys.

and keep in mind that /dev/urandom works on the same entropy pool as
/dev/random.  By using /dev/urandom extensively you will force
/dev/random to block all the time.  The Hurd has an extra pool for
/dev/urandom but Linux has this limitation.

  Werner

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