Re: Random Seed for Generating PGP Keys

2015-05-27 Thread George Lee
Hi, I'm not trying to generate multiple random numbers, but just generate a PGP key one time in a way that is very hard to crack by basing it on a one-time seed generated manually in a reliably random way. With software, there's risks that the sequence of numbers generated isn't fully random and

Re: Random Seed for Generating PGP Keys

2015-05-27 Thread George Lee
Hi, > I know that a CSPRNG is supposed to make this cryptographically secure Also, I may be wrong here -- it seems that CSPRNG sometimes refers to libgcrypt's "Continuously Seeded" and other times refers to "Cryptographically Secure." Peace, community, justice, - George _

Random Seed for Generating PGP Keys

2015-05-24 Thread George Lee
Hello, I'm interested in seeing if rather than relying on the built-in software to generate randomness when creating a PGP key, if it is possible to configure GnuPG to use a manually entered random seed. That way I could generate a seed using coins, dice, my magic cauldron, etc. Is this possible