Re: generating gpg keys
On Wed, Jul 08, 1998 at 11:51:09AM +1000, Hamish Moffatt wrote:
> On generating gpg keys, how can one go about getting enough entropy on
> one's own machine?
I found it sufficient to scan in pictures of my room. It's a bit messy and
certainly carries enough entropy in it to serve the whole Debian developer
base and maybe the users, too.
Look for the pictures at http://www.trashdot.org/myroom.jpg.
Marcus
PS: Reading loud the windows 95 source code in front of your computer may
also help, if you can get a copy.
PPS: You can see how the entropy is floating with "cat /dev/random|od -w1".
This also proofs that pressing random keys really helps (for example
shift+alt+control).
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