ekeyd-egd-linux8
Egd entropy daemon
Usage
ekey-egd-linux [-H
hostip]
[-p
portno]
[-b
blocks]
[-s
shannons]
[-D
pidfile]
[-r
time]
[-v]
[-h]
Overview
ekey-egd-linux is a daemon which connects to an EGD server and places the read entropy in the kernels pool.
Options
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-H hostip -
Set the host IP address to connect to.
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-p portno -
Set the port number to connect to.
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-b blocks -
Set the number of 1024 bit blocks to request each time.
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-s shannons -
Set the number of shannons per byte.
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-D pidfile -
Specify the name and path of the file used to record the
ekey-egd-linuxprocess ID.
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-r time -
Set the time between reconnect attempts. The default (0) causes the daemon to exit immediately after the initial connection attempt and no additional connection attempts are made. A non zero value set is the number of seconds the daemon will wait between connection attempts.
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-h -
Print the usage text and exit.
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-v -
Print the version number and exit.
History
- Debian 13 (Trixie) to Debian 7 (Wheezy): the text shown here
- Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)