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>.

The OpenVAS Project                              September 2001                                OpenVAS-MKRAND(1)