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Using PGP for pseudo random numbers?

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NODE 2704e30aUsing PGP for pseudo random numbers? "Sean A. Walberg" <umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA>Thu, 29 Feb 1996 06:37:26 +0800

How does one use the RNG in PGP?  I thought that

pgp +makerandom=5000 would spit out a bunch of data, but I seem to be 
mistaken.

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NODE 9183848bRe: Using PGP for pseudo random numbers? Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:46:19 +0800

try:
	pgp +makerandom=5000 out.bin

I.e., give it an output filename.  Also, what version of PGP are you
using?  This feature wasn't added until 2.6.2

-derek

> How does one use the RNG in PGP?  I thought that
> 
> pgp +makerandom=5000 would spit out a bunch of data, but I seem to be 
> mistaken.