Hello, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 09/09/2008 10:20:48 AM:
> Hello, > > we purchased a hrng for the generation of RSA keys for instance. > It is an USB device an shows up as /dev/qrandom. > > So, in order to generate rsa keys, is it sufficient to use it as a > replacement for /dev/urandom and to call genrsa as > > openssl genrsa -rand /dev/qrandom 2048 ? > > I am not shure about the role of /dev/urandom: does it deliver a > (pseudo) random number or the salt for the PRNG? Salt (32 bytes) for the PRNG Best regards, -- Marek Marcola <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [email protected] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
