-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I'm using this piece of code : dd iflag=fullblock if=/dev/random of=keyfile bs=512 count=8 to generate random file to be used as key for an encritped filesystem. However, the block does not appear to be fully random, because I recognize text patterns inside: 000000b0 af 60 31 79 02 9f f9 92 ad e5 a3 62 f2 72 39 f7 |.`1y.......b.r9.| 000000c0 3b 5c 9a 27 4e 30 54 be 34 32 02 ea 23 82 96 f3 |;\.'N0T.42..#...| 000000d0 88 5d 8d 3d 7e fe 16 d6 53 91 18 de b1 49 a8 21 |.].=~...S....I.!| See the "'N0T.42" there. Am I doing it wrong, or simply overreacting? - -- Cheers Carlos E. R. (from 13.1 x86_64 "Bottle" at Telcontar) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlNT3ZUACgkQtTMYHG2NR9WWZQCeN0IHjyJLo+wT5jMN2Dk/5s+j Um8An2VjrYSQ9OnjHMyeHwWHYCUWq3S5 =c7G3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org