title: random thoughts link: https://onemoretech.wordpress.com/2015/08/02/random-thoughts/ author: phil2nc description: post_id: 9981 created: 2015/08/02 00:00:25 created_gmt: 2015/08/02 04:00:25 comment_status: closed post_name: random-thoughts status: publish post_type: post

random thoughts

When creating gpg keys the process can be accelerated somewhat by supplying some entropy the smart way: with the rngd tool. Do this before running "gpg --gen-key":

rngd -r /dev/urandom

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