On Thu, 11 Jul 2013 16:23, hhhob...@securemecca.net said: > replace some of the bytes (actually nibbles). The reason why again > I when I omitted the random_seed file gnupg (1 or 2) would NOT just > create the file. I imagine it would if I used the keys on Windows
If gpg terminates properly it creates this file. In any case it is merely a way to speed up operations by pre-seeding the RNG. Even if that file exists and GnuPG has to create a new key it will replace 50% of its entropy pool by fresh entropy. In any case the pool is never used directly but always updated with sufficient new entropy. It really should create random_seed after you deleted it. It may not happen always, but then the next start of gpg will just be a bit slower. Salam-Shalom, Werner -- Die Gedanken sind frei. Ausnahmen regelt ein Bundesgesetz. _______________________________________________ Gnupg-users mailing list Gnupg-users@gnupg.org http://lists.gnupg.org/mailman/listinfo/gnupg-users
