Re: openSSL Key generation

On 04 Feb AD 2003, "Leland T. Snyder" <ltsnyder@x3ci.com> wrote:
> I'm executing the command to generate a server key according to the RedHat
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Hello

Openssl needs a finite file.

If you really want to use /dev/urandom then try something like this: ~ # dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/random.data bs=1024 count=1024 1024+0 records in
1024+0 records out
~ # time /usr/bin/openssl genrsa -rand /tmp/random.data 1024 > server.key 1048576 semi-random bytes loaded
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus [...]

real    0m0.766s
user    0m0.680s
sys     0m0.000s

Best regards

                Michal Luczak

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