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Increase size of /dev/random

Asked by Jon Charge

May I safely increase the number of bytes of random data /dev/random holds so I don't have to wait as long for the cryptographic generation of keys?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

You can use something like this:

dd if=/dev/urandom of=$random_seed count=1 bs=HOWMANYBYTESYOUWANT

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http://linux.die.net/man/4/random

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Jon Charge (seropith) said : 		#2

Yes, I read that, I was unsure of the implementation, I'll give this a try. Thank you.

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