[cs615asa] hw4

[Sean Winard]

Yeah, I've tried typing stuff, and having a few jobs running in the 
background (using 'find'), and still it won't create a key.  If it is 
true what Ujwal said, that it won't work through an ssh client, then I 
might have a problem.  I don't have a linux box on hand, and am 
currently not on campus (won't be for a few days).  Any other 
suggestions? I'm still searching for a solution..

Jan Schaumann wrote:
> Sean Winard <swinard at stevens.edu> wrote:
>  
>   
>> Just having some trouble actually generating an RSA key in gpg on the 
>> lab machines.  I get all the way through the menu to where it's trying 
>> to generate the key and needs random input (usually ~300bytes), and then 
>> it just stays there.  I've tried typing stuff for about 2 minutes to 
>> 'increase entropy' but still nothing.
>>     
>
> A few ways to increase entropy on a system:
>
> - do file I/O:
>   - copy large files from one partition to another
>   - crawl the directory hierarchy, for example via find
> - do network I/O:
>   - copy large files from one host to this host
> - user input
>   - move the mouse (if you're connected to the actual host in question)
>   - type on the keyboard
>
> You should be able to find other suggestions by searching the internet
> for the specific error message you encountered.
>
> -Jan
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