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[Discuss] The RSA Keying links



On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:58:19AM -0500, Edward Ned Harvey wrote:
> As soon as anyone knows the answer to this question, please let us know:
> 
> Clearly, sometime after installing your OS, after the OS has gained entropy,
> you should generate new server ssh keys.  (And re-generate any SSL/TLS keys
> that you may have previously created using openssl without sufficient
> entropy.)  The question is, how do you know when your server has gained some
> entropy?

$ cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail
135


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