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Re: [Help-gnutls] Why delay generating second and other keys?
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Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos |
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Re: [Help-gnutls] Why delay generating second and other keys? |
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Wed, 26 Oct 2005 11:09:36 +0200 |
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On Tuesday 25 October 2005 23:39, Fran wrote:
> If the computer spend 0,1 seconds making a key the first time. Making
> second an other keys, the computer can spend 10 or more seconds.
> I think that this can be a problem.
I suppose you talk about certtool. This is a good thing. The first key
depletes entropy from /dev/random. The second key the same. The system needs
some time to gather entropy.
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Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos