Re: RAND_Load_File using /dev/random

2006-01-18 Thread Felix Dorner
> It depends upon how secure you need to be and your threat model. Likely, >128 bytes is more than enough. If security is not critical and you're just >experimenting, switching to '/dev/urandom' should be fine. > > Yes i have done this.. > If you have control over the systems your

RE: RAND_Load_File using /dev/random

2006-01-17 Thread David Schwartz
> Hi, > > my book tells me to call > > RAND_load_file("/dev/random", 1024) > > this appears to take much too long. is there anything wrong? how many > bytes do i need? It depends upon how secure you need to be and your threat model. Likely, 128 bytes is more than enough. If security is no

Re: RAND_Load_File using /dev/random

2006-01-17 Thread JCA
On 1/17/06, Felix Dorner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,my book tells me to callRAND_load_file("/dev/random", 1024)this appears to take much too long. is there anything wrong? how manybytes do i need?thanks,felix__ OpenSSL Project  

RAND_Load_File using /dev/random

2006-01-17 Thread Felix Dorner
Hi, my book tells me to call RAND_load_file("/dev/random", 1024) this appears to take much too long. is there anything wrong? how many bytes do i need? thanks, felix __ OpenSSL Project http://www