OpenVAS-MKRAND(1)

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>.