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1 | SSHM-bM-^@M-^PRANDM-bM-^@M-^PHELPER(8) BSD System ManagerM-bM-^@M-^Ys Manual SSHM-bM-^@M-^PRANDM-bM-^@M-^PHELPER(8) | 1 | SSH-RAND-HELPER(8) BSD System ManagerM-bM-^@M-^Ys Manual SSH-RAND-HELPER(8) |
2 | 2 | ||
3 | ^[[1mNAME^[[0m | 3 | NAME |
4 | ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mM-bMM-^R Random number gatherer for OpenSSH | 4 | ssh-rand-helper - Random number gatherer for OpenSSH |
5 | 5 | ||
6 | ^[[1mSYNOPSIS^[[0m | 6 | SYNOPSIS |
7 | ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phlper ^[[22m[^[[1mM-bMM-^RvxXh^[[22m] [^[[1mM-bMM-^Rb ^[[4m^[[22mbytes^[[24m] | 7 | ssh-rand-hlper [-vxXh] [-b bytes] |
8 | 8 | ||
9 | ^[[1mDESCRIPTION^[[0m | 9 | DESCRIPTION |
10 | ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mis a small helper program used by ssh(1), sshM-bM-^@M-^Padd(1), | 10 | ssh-rand-helper is a small helper program used by ssh(1), ssh-add(1), |
11 | sshM-bM-^@M-^Pagent(1), sshM-bM-^@M-^Pkeygen(1), sshM-bM-^@M-^Pkeyscan(1) and sshd(8) to gather random | 11 | ssh-agent(1), ssh-keygen(1), ssh-keyscan(1) and sshd(8) to gather random |
12 | numbers of cryptographic quality if the openssl(4) library has not been | 12 | numbers of cryptographic quality if the openssl(4) library has not been |
13 | configured to provide them itself. | 13 | configured to provide them itself. |
14 | 14 | ||
15 | Normally ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mwill generate a strong random seed and provide | 15 | Normally ssh-rand-helper will generate a strong random seed and provide |
16 | it to the calling program via standard output. If standard output is a | 16 | it to the calling program via standard output. If standard output is a |
17 | tty, ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mwill instead print the seed in hexidecimal format | 17 | tty, ssh-rand-helper will instead print the seed in hexidecimal format |
18 | unless told otherwise. | 18 | unless told otherwise. |
19 | 19 | ||
20 | ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mwill by default gather random numbers from the system | 20 | ssh-rand-helper will by default gather random numbers from the system |
21 | commands listed in ^[[4m/etc/ssh/ssh_prng_cmds^[[24m. The output of each of the | 21 | commands listed in /etc/ssh/ssh_prng_cmds. The output of each of the |
22 | commands listed will be hashed and used to generate a random seed for the | 22 | commands listed will be hashed and used to generate a random seed for the |
23 | calling program. ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mwill also store seed files in | 23 | calling program. ssh-rand-helper will also store seed files in |
24 | ^[[4m~/.ssh/prng_seed^[[24m between executions. | 24 | ~/.ssh/prng_seed between executions. |
25 | 25 | ||
26 | Alternately, ^[[1msshM-bM-^@M-^PrandM-bM-^@M-^Phelper ^[[22mmay be configured at build time to collect | 26 | Alternately, ssh-rand-helper may be configured at build time to collect |
27 | random numbers from a EGD/PRNGd server via a unix domain or localhost tcp | 27 | random numbers from a EGD/PRNGd server via a unix domain or localhost tcp |
28 | socket. | 28 | socket. |
29 | 29 | ||
30 | This program is not intended to be run by the endM-bM-^@M-^Puser, so the few comM-bM-^@M-^P | 30 | This program is not intended to be run by the end-user, so the few com- |
31 | mandline options are for debugging purposes only. | 31 | mandline options are for debugging purposes only. |
32 | 32 | ||
33 | ^[[1mM-bMM-^Rb ^[[4m^[[22mbytes^[[0m | 33 | -b bytes |
34 | Specify the number of random bytes to include in the output. | 34 | Specify the number of random bytes to include in the output. |
35 | 35 | ||
36 | ^[[1mM-bMM-^Rx ^[[22mOutput a hexidecimal instead of a binary seed. | 36 | -x Output a hexidecimal instead of a binary seed. |
37 | 37 | ||
38 | ^[[1mM-bMM-^RX ^[[22mForce output of a binary seed, even if standard output is a tty | 38 | -X Force output of a binary seed, even if standard output is a tty |
39 | 39 | ||
40 | ^[[1mM-bMM-^Rv ^[[22mTurn on debugging message. Multiple ^[[1mM-bMM-^Rv ^[[22moptions will increase the | 40 | -v Turn on debugging message. Multiple -v options will increase the |
41 | debugging level. ^[[1mM-bMM-^Rh ^[[22mDisplay a summary of options. | 41 | debugging level. -h Display a summary of options. |
42 | 42 | ||
43 | ^[[1mAUTHORS^[[0m | 43 | AUTHORS |
44 | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> | 44 | Damien Miller <djm@mindrot.org> |
45 | 45 | ||
46 | ^[[1mSEE ALSO^[[0m | 46 | SEE ALSO |
47 | ssh(1), sshM-bM-^@M-^Padd(1), sshM-bM-^@M-^Pkeygen(1), sshd(8) | 47 | ssh(1), ssh-add(1), ssh-keygen(1), sshd(8) |
48 | 48 | ||
49 | BSD April 14, 2002 BSD | 49 | BSD April 14, 2002 BSD |