NAME

       openvas-mkrand - Creates a file with random bytes

SYNOPSIS

       openvas-mkrand [filename [entropy] ]

DESCRIPTION

       The  OpenVAS Security Scanner protects the communication between the client and the server
       by using SSL.  To work securely, the OpenSSL library needs a  suitable  amount  of  random
       bytes.  On most system, it uses EGD or /dev/random (or /dev/urandom).

       On  systems  which  have  none  of these, OpenVAS will provide OpenSSL with a file full of
       random bytes generated by openvas-mkrand which is  stored  by  default  under  $HOME/.rnd.
       openvas-mkcert and openvas-mkcert-client require user input as a random seed.

       By  default,  openvas-mkrand produces a file stored under $HOME/.rnd containing 1024 bytes
       of entropy.

SEE ALSO

       openvas-adduser(8), openvasd(8), openvas(1), openvas-mkcert(8),            openvas-mkcert-
       client(1), openssl(1)

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE OpenVAS PROJECT

       The canonical places where you will find more information about the OpenVAS project are:

              http://www.openvas.org/ ⟨⟩ (Official site)
              http://cvs.openvas.org/ ⟨⟩ (Developers site)

AUTHOR

       openvas-mkrand was written by Michel Arboi <arboi@algoriel.fr>.