From: Mutant Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Mar 1996 23:10:53 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: PGP PRNG seeds?
Message-ID: <199603020745.CAA11593@bb.hks.net>
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Jean-Francois Avon (JFA Technologies, QC, Canada) wrote:
> 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?

Copy the first 408 bytes of that file to the randseed.bin file in your
pgp directory. (I'd save the original randseed.bin file or use a good
RNG to generate a new one when you're done).
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