ekey-egd-linux(8)
NAME
ekey-egd-linux - EGD Entropy Daemon
SYNOPSIS
ekey-egd-linux [ -H hostip ] [ -p portno ] [ -b blocks ] [ -s shannons ] [ -D pidfile ] [ -r time ] [ -v ] [ -h ]
DESCRIPTION
ekey-egd-linux is a daemon which connects to an EGD server and places
the read entropy in the kernels pool.
OPTIONS
- -H hostip
- Set the host IP address to connect to.
- -p portno
- Set the port number to connect to.
- -b blocks
- Set the number of 1024 bit blocks to request each time.
- -s shannons
- Set the number of shannons per byte.
- -D pidfile
- Specify the name and path of the file used to record the ekeyegd-linux process ID.
- -r time
- Set the time between reconnect attempts. The default (0) causes the daemon to exit immediately after the initial connection attempt and no additional connection attempts are made. A non zero value set is the number of seconds the daemon will wait between connection attempts.
- -h Print the usage text and exit.
- -v Print the version number and exit.
SEE ALSO
ekeyd(8), ekey-rekey(8), ekey-setkey(8)
AUTHOR
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