entropy for gpg
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pixel fairy
Jul 30, 2017, 8:18:10 AM7/30/17
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just tried to make a gpg key to use with split-gpg and didnt have enough entropy. the keygen dialog timed out. any suggestions on getting entropy into an appvm. is there a service that can be enabled? a little game or something good at generating entropy? in the past i would play doom until there was enough, but id like to keep this appvm as pristine as possible.
the appvm was based on debian-9
pixel fairy
Jul 30, 2017, 8:35:26 AM7/30/17
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On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 5:18:10 AM UTC-7, pixel fairy wrote:
> just tried to make a gpg key to use with split-gpg and didnt have enough entropy. the keygen dialog timed out. any suggestions on getting entropy into an appvm. is there a service that can be enabled? a little game or something good at generating entropy? in the past i would play doom until there was enough, but id like to keep this appvm as pristine as possible.
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> the appvm was based on debian-9
> just tried to make a gpg key to use with split-gpg and didnt have enough entropy. the keygen dialog timed out. any suggestions on getting entropy into an appvm. is there a service that can be enabled? a little game or something good at generating entropy? in the past i would play doom until there was enough, but id like to keep this appvm as pristine as possible.
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> the appvm was based on debian-9
seems all it needed was wiggling the mouse for a while.
Sandy Harris
Jul 30, 2017, 9:10:26 AM7/30/17
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pixel fairy <pixel...@gmail.com> wrote:
> just tried to make a gpg key to use with split-gpg and didnt have enough entropy. the keygen dialog timed out. any suggestions on getting entropy into an appvm. is there a service that can be enabled? a little game or something good at generating entropy? ...
Many modern processors include a hardware RNG which should make it
impossible to run low on entropy. Some VM systems provide a service
driven by random(4) on the host that emulates a hardware RNG in each
client VM. I do not know what Qubes currently does, but if it does not
support that, it should.
> the appvm was based on debian-9
Debian has haveged(8) which might solve your problem.
I wrote a small program to solve this problem & the PDF doc discusses
other solutions including havege.
https://github.com/sandy-harris/maxwell
> just tried to make a gpg key to use with split-gpg and didnt have enough entropy. the keygen dialog timed out. any suggestions on getting entropy into an appvm. is there a service that can be enabled? a little game or something good at generating entropy? ...
Many modern processors include a hardware RNG which should make it
impossible to run low on entropy. Some VM systems provide a service
driven by random(4) on the host that emulates a hardware RNG in each
client VM. I do not know what Qubes currently does, but if it does not
support that, it should.
> the appvm was based on debian-9
I wrote a small program to solve this problem & the PDF doc discusses
other solutions including havege.
https://github.com/sandy-harris/maxwell
pixel fairy
Jul 30, 2017, 9:20:17 AM7/30/17
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On Sunday, July 30, 2017 at 6:10:26 AM UTC-7, Sandy Harris wrote:
> pixel fairy wrote:
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> pixel fairy wrote:
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> Debian has haveged(8) which might solve your problem.
yes, and its installed in the template by default. wiggling the mouse worked for a while, then stopped adding entropy. maxwell looks interesting. now im glad i posted this.
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