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<?xml version='1.0' encoding='utf-8'?>
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<!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
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"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [
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<!ENTITY date SYSTEM "date.xml">
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<!ENTITY version SYSTEM "version.xml">
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]>
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<refentry>
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<refentryinfo>
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<date>&date;</date>
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<title>Cryptography Utilities</title>
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<productname>crypto-utils</productname>
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<productnumber>&version;</productnumber>
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</refentryinfo>
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<refmeta>
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<refentrytitle>keyrand</refentrytitle>
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<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
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</refmeta>
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<refnamediv>
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<refname>keyrand</refname>
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<refpurpose>utility for collecting random data</refpurpose>
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</refnamediv>
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<refsynopsisdiv>
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<cmdsynopsis>
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<command>keyrand</command>
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<arg choice="req"><replaceable>bits</replaceable></arg>
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<arg choice="req"><replaceable>outfile</replaceable></arg>
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</cmdsynopsis>
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</refsynopsisdiv>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Description</title>
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<para><command>keyrand</command> is a tool which collects a given
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number of random bits from the kernel random number generator,
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presenting a text-based user interface showing progress.</para>
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<para>The random data is read from
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<filename>/dev/random</filename> and appended to the output file
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<parameter>outfile</parameter>, which must already exist.</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Examples</title>
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<para>The following example will collect 1024 bits of random
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data and append them to the file <filename>data</filename>:
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<programlisting>
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# keyrand 1024 data
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</programlisting>
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</para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>Files</title>
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<para><filename>/dev/random</filename></para>
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</refsect1>
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<refsect1>
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<title>See also</title>
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<para>genkey(1)</para>
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</refsect1>
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</refentry>
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