On Thu Jan 14, 2010 at 01:43:39 +0100, "Stanis??aw T. Findeisen" wrote:
> I am trying to generate an SSL key using OpenSSL and /dev/random . > However, it looks that the entropy generation rate is very low. .. > Any ideas? You can try this: You can see the amount of available entropy via: s...@gold:~$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail 1902 s...@gold:~$ I would guess that you have little available before, during, and after the generation. YOu could try to fix this via one of the sources. (e.g. big network traffic / the addition of rng-tools or similar.) Steve -- Debian GNU/Linux System Administration http://www.debian-administration.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
