eb_client_egd(1)

export entropy data as egd server

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Description

EB_CLIENT_EGD

NAME

eb_client_egd - export entropy data as egd server

DESCRIPTION

eb_client_egd v1.0, (C) 2009-2012 by folkert@vanheusden.com Egd-clients can use the /tmp/egd.sock unix domain socket. This should work with at least OpenSSL: start eb_client_egd with one of the following parameters: -d /var/run/egd-pool or -d /dev/egd-pool or -d /etc/egd-pool or -d /etc/entropy To verify that client_egd functions, run: "openssl rand -rand /var/run/egd-pool -out /tmp/bla 10". It should return something like "255 semi-random bytes loaded" where "255" should be > 0. If it is zero, check if the current user has enough rights to access the /var/run/egd-pool file.
-i
host eb-host to connect to
-d
file UNIX-domain socket to listen on
-l
file log to file ’file’
-s
log to syslog
-n
do not fork
-P
file file to write the PID to
-X
file file to read the password from