NAME¶

keyrand - utility for collecting random data

SYNOPSIS¶

keyrand {bits} {outfile}

DESCRIPTION¶

keyrand is a tool which collects a given number of random bits from the kernel random number generator, presenting a text-based user interface showing progress.

The random data is read from /dev/random and appended to the output file outfile, which must already exist.

EXAMPLES¶

The following example will collect 1024 bits of random data and append them to the file data:

# keyrand 1024 data


      

FILES¶

/dev/random

SEE ALSO¶

genkey(1)