1996-02-28 - Re: Using PGP for pseudo random numbers?

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
To: umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA
Message Hash: 9183848b368314b574223d6ff6a15a567fedd49cd1a03c806c70210bb33ac51f
Message ID: <199602282221.RAA17997@toxicwaste.media.mit.edu>
Reply To: <199602282140.PAA13970@electra.cc.umanitoba.ca>
UTC Datetime: 1996-02-28 23:46:19 UTC
Raw Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:46:19 +0800

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From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: Thu, 29 Feb 1996 07:46:19 +0800
To: umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA
Subject: Re: Using PGP for pseudo random numbers?
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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.

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• 1996-02-28 (Thu, 29 Feb 1996 06:37:26 +0800) - Using PGP for pseudo random numbers? - “Sean A. Walberg” <umwalber@cc.UManitoba.CA>
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