On 08/22/2010 04:46 AM, Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
Is there an approved way to increase the speed at which the random pool
for /dev/random fills up? I'm playig with dnssec and getnerating 2k rsa
keys is taking up to 3 hours. I've been googling a bit and Intel x86_64
machines seem to have random number hardware built in (perhaps also
AMD???) Is there a way to funnel this into the entropy pool?
-wolfgang
If /dev/urandom doesn't provide high enough quality entropy for your
uses you could consider investing in an entropy key:
http://www.entropykey.co.uk/
They're very cheap - around $30-$60 depending on the number you're
buying and have been designed (by a very nice bunch of engineers! ;) for
exactly the problem you're trying to solve.
Very useful for systems that lack any other hardware rng but require a
constant source of good quality entropy.
Regards,
Bryn.