1NESSUS-MKRAND(1)                 User Manuals                 NESSUS-MKRAND(1)
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NAME

6       nessus-mkrand - Creates a file with random bytes
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SYNOPSIS

10       nessus-mkrand [filename [entropy] ]
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DESCRIPTION

14       The  Nessus  Security  Scanner  protects  the communication between the
15       client and the server by using SSL.   To  work  securely,  the  OpenSSL
16       library  needs  a  suitable amount of random bytes.  On most system, it
17       uses EGD or /dev/random (or /dev/urandom).
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19       On systems which have none of these, Nessus will provide OpenSSL with a
20       file full of random bytes generated by nessus-mkrand which is stored by
21       default  under  $HOME/.rnd.   nessus-mkcert  and   nessus-mkcert-client
22       require user input as a random seed.
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24       By  default, nessus-mkrand produces a file stored under $HOME/.rnd con‐
25       taining 1024 bytes of entropy.
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SEE ALSO

31       nessus-adduser(8), nessusd(8), nessus(1), nessus-mkcert(8),     nessus-
32       mkcert-client(1), openssl(1)
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MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE NESSUS PROJECT

36       The  canonical  places  where  you will find more information about the
37       Nessus project are:
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39              http://www.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Official site)
40              http://cvs.nessus.org/ ⟨⟩ (Developers site)
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AUTHOR

45       nessus-mkrand was written by Michel Arboi <arboi@algoriel.fr>.
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51The Nessus Project              September 2001                NESSUS-MKRAND(1)