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OpenVAS-MKRAND(1)                User Manuals                OpenVAS-MKRAND(1)


NAME

       openvas-mkrand - Creates a file with random bytes


SYNOPSIS

       openvas-mkrand [filename [entropy] ]


DESCRIPTION

       The OpenVAS Security Scanner protects the communication between the
       client and the server by using SSL.  To work securely, the OpenSSL
       library needs a suitable amount of random bytes.  On most system, it
       uses EGD or /dev/random (or /dev/urandom).

       On systems which have none of these, OpenVAS will provide OpenSSL with
       a file full of random bytes generated by openvas-mkrand which is stored
       by default under $HOME/.rnd.  openvas-mkcert and openvas-mkcert-client
       require user input as a random seed.

       By default, openvas-mkrand produces a file stored under $HOME/.rnd
       containing 1024 bytes of entropy.


SEE ALSO

       openvas-adduser(8), openvasd(8), openvas(1), openvas-mkcert(8),
       openvas-mkcert-client(1), openssl(1)

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OpenVAS PROJECT
       The canonical places where you will find more information about the
       OpenVAS project are:

              http://www.openvas.org/ <> (Official site)
              http://cvs.openvas.org/ <> (Developers site)


AUTHOR

       openvas-mkrand was written by Michel Arboi <arboi@algoriel.fr>.

The OpenVAS Project             September 2001               OpenVAS-MKRAND(1)

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