Entropy ?

[ghost]

Where does your program collect the required entropy to generate the key from ( /dev/random) ? Is there any possibility to include an external source of entropy to generate the keys ?

[exaexa]

Please do not mistake collecting entropy with seeding PRNG. Source of seed is /dev/urandom for nonces and similar stuff, and /dev/random for long-term keys, see src/generator.cpp. Please, always use a system with suitable random and urandom.

[exaexa]

Anyway, it is sometimes useful to play with other seed sources (although certainly not very wise for practical applications). I've added a patch that fixes ccr's behavior on seeding errors and allows the user to choose a different source (see manual).

[ghost]

Thank you very much for adding the oppurtunity to seed from other sources , Excited :-)