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Re: GnuGP and Key Creation
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Neil W Rickert |
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Re: GnuGP and Key Creation |
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Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:35:02 +0000 (UTC) |
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"Scott Johnson" <s.s@s.com> writes:
>I'm trying to generate a key on my AIX UNIX server. GnuGP v1.2.1
>When asked to collect more entropy, I type random characters....and I
>type....and I type....and I type.
>It says it only needs 120 more bytes. GnuGP never comes back. I have to
>CTRL-C out.
>I found some docs that say it takes a long time if you are a remote user.
>How long? Hours? Days? I don't have access to the actual server so I'm
>using telnet.
If it is getting entropy from "/dev/random", then you might want to
try running "finger", or the "man" command, or a "find". Do things
that will spin disks, cause network transactions, etc. That may
require you to be logged in twice -- one session to run gpg and the
other to stimulate entropy collection.
I don't know whether that will actually solve your problem. I
generated a key in a remote login several days ago. This was on a
Solaris system. It was slow, but not as slow as you describe. I
tried the suggestions I just gave. Without repeating and doing
careful timing of how long it takes, there is no way to tell whether
they helped. When I am logged in locally with X, just moving the
mouse is sufficient.
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