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bx seed

evoskuil edited this page Oct 16, 2014 · 10 revisions

Generate a pseudorandom seed.

WARNING: Pseudorandom seeds can introduce weakness into your keys. This command is provided as a convenience.

$ bx seed --help
Usage: bx seed [-h] [--bit_length VALUE] [--config VALUE]                

Info: Generate a pseudorandom seed.                                      

Options (named):

-b [--bit_length]    The length of the seed in bits. Must be divisible by
                     8 and must not be less than 128.                    
-c [--config]        The path to the configuration settings file.        
-h [--help]          Get a description and instructions for this command.

Example 1

$ bx seed --help

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