Does openssl generate lower-quality less-random keys than genkey?
Issue
-
The
openssl
command is much faster at generating keys thangenkey
andopenssl
doesn't say anything about entering keystrokes to increase the randomness likegenkey
does. -
Are
openssl
-generated keys lower-quality or less-random keys generated bygenkey
?
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
genkey
from crypto-utils rpmopenssl
from openssl rpm
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