ekey-egd-linux(8)

NAME
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 ekey-egd-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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