Hello, On Sun, 20 Apr 2014, Bernhard Voelker wrote:
On 04/20/2014 04:45 PM, Carlos E. R. wrote:
dd iflag=fullblock if=/dev/random of=keyfile bs=512 count=8
Not directly related to your question, but interesting, too: http://www.2uo.de/myths-about-urandom/
He makes it a bit too easy. Read the source! Anyone can read the comment at the start of /usr/src/linux/drivers/char/random.c instead of the manpage ('man 4 random'). And yes, SUSE saves the random seed to a file on shutdown/reboot and initializes the pool from on startup. -dnh, who just wildly moves the mouse when /dev/random blocks (as wildly typing is not always an option) -- (\__/) (='.'=) This is Bunny. Copy and paste Bunny into your (")_(") signature to help him gain world domination. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org