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KEYRAND(1)		    Cryptography Utilities		    KEYRAND(1)

NAME
       keyrand - utility for collecting random data

SYNOPSIS
       keyrand {bits} {outfile}

DESCRIPTION
       keyrand is a tool which collects a given number of random bits from the
       kernel random number generator, presenting a text-based user interface
       showing progress.

       The random data is read from /dev/random and appended to the output
       file outfile, which must already exist.

EXAMPLES
       The following example will collect 1024 bits of random data and append
       them to the file data:

	   # keyrand 1024 data

FILES
       /dev/random

SEE ALSO
       genkey(1)

crypto-utils 2.4.1	       23 February 2013			    KEYRAND(1)
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