Re: [SM-PLUGINS] Generating a keypair

[metamorph <bro...@ms...>]

Tomas Kuliavas wrote:
> 
> 
> metamorph wrote:
>> 
>> What is an average time to generate a 1024 keypair? I do not think that
>> my mail server, which only serves 4 people, should take such a long time
>> (after 3 mins I gave up) to generate a 1024 bit keypair.  If I create
>> them on the server it is much quicker than 3 mins.  After I generate the
>> keypair, I can use them with no problem and it encrypt/decrypts very
>> fast.
>> 
>> Any suggestions on how to speed it up or where to look for problems in my
>> setup-newbie?
>> 
>> Thanks
>> 
> 
> If both servers run Linux, compare 'cat
> /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail' output of your mail server and
> other server.
> 
> "Dual Core" means nothing. I suspect that you should look for differences
> between motherboards used on those servers or installed packages.
> 

Thanks for the reply.
cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail output on the server is: 2664 ->
is this enough for a 1024 bit key?

I also searched for a way to check the entropy on the laptop and another
workstation (both windows), but  I keep finding  references for:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Cryptography\RNG\Seed
to check entropy in windows and I can't figure out how to use this to check
the entropy.

Would increasing the entropy speed it up or is this even possible?

Thanks.




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