On 08/22/2010 04:46 AM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote: > > Is there an approved way to increase the speed at which the random pool > for /dev/random fills up? I'm playig with dnssec and getnerating 2k rsa > keys is taking up to 3 hours. I've been googling a bit and Intel x86_64 > machines seem to have random number hardware built in (perhaps also > AMD???) Is there a way to funnel this into the entropy pool? > > -wolfgang
If /dev/urandom doesn't provide high enough quality entropy for your uses you could consider investing in an entropy key: http://www.entropykey.co.uk/ They're very cheap - around $30-$60 depending on the number you're buying and have been designed (by a very nice bunch of engineers! ;) for exactly the problem you're trying to solve. Very useful for systems that lack any other hardware rng but require a constant source of good quality entropy. Regards, Bryn. -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
