I am currently working on a way that computers with hardware random numbers generators can share random numbers with computers that do not have hardware random number generators. It looks like everything can be done with simple scripts so that no new low level source code needs to be written. All that seems to be needed is a xinet.d entry on the source, and a /etc/init.d/ entry and a bash script on the reciever. When I get it done and tested, I plan to submit it to the rng-tools people. Perhaps they will put it in contrib. Or perhaps I will make my own project. In any case, the sender and reciever need to share a privledged port. What is the official way of getting one of these allocated in /etc/services? Thank you. -- Paul Elliott 1(512)837-1096 pelliott@BlackPatchPanel.com PMB 181, 11900 Metric Blvd Suite J http://www.free.blackpatchpanel.com/pme/ Austin TX 78758-3117 --- "Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on. Unfortunately, endpoint security is so terrifically weak that NSA can frequently find ways around it." Edward Snowden
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