X-Git-Url: https://git.gag.com/?p=web%2Fgag.com;a=blobdiff_plain;f=bdale%2Fblog%2Fposts%2FMore_Entropy_is_Better_Entropy.mdwn;h=d5c7fdadfe9047921533f5be052ad0f705a12c74;hp=0ec25a1b1a60952bbb05c59a2735657daa980ef1;hb=HEAD;hpb=c85eb2b4f71e5a189c027737a5a3c576c31ae684 diff --git a/bdale/blog/posts/More_Entropy_is_Better_Entropy.mdwn b/bdale/blog/posts/More_Entropy_is_Better_Entropy.mdwn index 0ec25a1..d5c7fda 100644 --- a/bdale/blog/posts/More_Entropy_is_Better_Entropy.mdwn +++ b/bdale/blog/posts/More_Entropy_is_Better_Entropy.mdwn @@ -1,6 +1,7 @@ [[!tag tags/debian]] [[!tag tags/crypto]] -As already reported, while at [Debconf9](http://debconf9.debconf.org/) this +As already [reported](http://www.gag.com/bdale/blog/posts/Strong_Keys.html), +while at [Debconf9](http://debconf9.debconf.org/) this week, I succumbed to peer pressure, and have generated a new 4096-bit RSA key. Doing this was made substantially more pleasant (and certainly a bit more amusing!) by the fact that I was loaned a prototype of the new Simtec @@ -9,7 +10,8 @@ more amusing!) by the fact that I was loaned a prototype of the new Simtec Can't wait until they're in production and available for sale... Basically, it's "just" a very high quality hardware random number generator -that sits on a USB interface. Associated with this is a small GPL'ed daemon +that sits on a USB interface. Associated with this is a small MIT-licensed +daemon that gets loaded along with some udev configuration (all in a Debian package in my case), such that any time you plug it in, your system available entropy goes way up and stays up until you unplug it. It really is that easy! My