mice to generate a RSA key in Python3

Asked Aug 15 '18 at 12:27

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Here's my code so far. What I want to do is generate an RSA key based on the user's mouse movements.

from Crypto.PublicKey import RSA

def rand(leng):
    data = open("/dev/input/mice","rb").read(leng)
    return data

key = RSA.generate(1024,rand)
print(key.exportKey())

The issue I'm having is that the program just freezes. The error seems to be in reading /dev/input/mice from inside a function. If I try reading it in python from anywhere else, it works as expected.

edited Aug 15 '18 at 12:30

Chris_Rands

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asked Aug 15 '18 at 12:27

Marcus Weinberger

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This is a bad idea. Don't do it. Use a standard source of entropy. – John Zwinck Aug 15 '18 at 12:29
@JohnZwinck I know it's a bad idea, but I want to try it. – Marcus Weinberger Aug 15 '18 at 18:08

Use /dev/input/mice to generate a RSA key in Python3

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