Re: Two keys for the same encrypted file

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* kinto <kintho@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> head -c 15 /dev/urandom | uuencode -m - | head -n 2 | tail -n 1 \

             ^^^^^^^^^^^^     

> All this to increase the safety of data encryption?

Regarding the use of /dev/urandom in crypto operations, please have a
look at the thread at
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=gnupg-users&m=112873347315783&w=2 and
especially at the last paragraph of my message. 

Don't forget to check your system's init scripts for the
initialization of /dev/urandom

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