Re: [Keyrings] [GIT PULL] Crypto keys and module signing

From: Daniel Kahn Gillmor
Date: Fri Dec 09 2011 - 14:48:02 EST


On 12/09/2011 01:47 PM, David Howells wrote:
> Arjan van de Ven <arjan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> ... the temp key can use /dev/urandom.
>> seriously, /dev/urandom for one time, temp keys is not bad
>> (if you care about the difference, you better provide your own real key)
>
> Can you tell gpg which random device to use?

Depending on the version of gpg, supplying either --quick-random or
--debug-quick-random should use a cheaper PRNG.

I think this is an undocumented feature, though.

hth,

--dkg

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