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skuran
11-16-2001, 07:26 PM
Hello,
i use redhat 7.1, openssl 0.9.6(24 Sep 2000) on my linux box. When i use a "-rand /dev/urandom" option with "openssl genrsa", the key is never created. It just waits on the command line with the cursor blinking. I get no error messages. without the "-rand" option it seems to be working with a warning "not much extra random data, consider using -rand option".

the full command line is:
openssl genrsa -rand /dev/urandom www.xxx.yyy.key (http://www.xxx.yyy.key) 1024

any idea is appreciated. Thanks.