1996-03-03 - PGP PRNG seeds?

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From: jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-03-03 04:05:14 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 12:05:14 +0800

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From: jf_avon@citenet.net (Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada))
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 12:05:14 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: PGP PRNG seeds?
Message-ID: <9603020437.AA09542@cti02.citenet.net>
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Hi!

I tinkered with the switch
pgp +makerandom=size output.fil

Is there a way to "seed" the PRNG with another file, say , part of an encrypted text file?

Thanks

JFA






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