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bx seed
Eric Voskuil edited this page Apr 7, 2017
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Generate a pseudorandom seed.
WARNING: Pseudorandom seeding can introduce cryptographic 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, defaults to 192.
-c [--config] The path to the configuration settings file.
-h [--help] Get a description and instructions for this command.
192 bit seed
$ bx seed
d915107990a42dfb2ea5762729002d47a4748e0f24aceb61
1024 bit seed
$ bx seed -b 1024
273a08cab80ec0326e315b1fe800b63556e3257571cb3d72cf4efc26926b9b73f8808d9cae65b2ba48a19417426a147905fe260338acf7d5f0a214557b440a9e7fb4c344f0867f44cb042b4e434820b9c6f338a136ca120a4324ae717c8f483813a8fbf3854117bd9a37b94811cc51a616a0a534ecb7acabcacc7993252f2c39
short seed error
$ bx seed -b 32
The seed size is not supported.
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