keyrand

Langue: en

Version: 15 March 2009 (fedora - 04/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

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NAME

keyrand - utility for collecting random data

SYNOPSIS

keyrand {bits} {outfile}

DESCRIPTION

keyrand

is a tool which collects a given number of random bits from the kernel random number generator, presenting a text-based user interface showing progress.

The random data is read from /dev/random and appended to the output file outfile, which must already exist.

EXAMPLES

The following example will collect 1024 bits of random data and append them to the file data:

 # keyrand 1024 data

FILES

/dev/random

SEE ALSO

genkey(1)