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A note from the author who created the text originally:UPDATE REQUIRED by someone with more knowlege ;)

Knowledge is a limited resource :).Why is system entropie better, better than what?134.58.253.11316:45, 6 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

• Key generation is the process of generating keys for cryptography.
• In some cases keys are randomly generated using a random number generator (RNG) or pseudorandom number generator (PRNG).
• In other situations, the key is created using a passphrase and a key generation algorithm, usually involving a cryptographic hash function such as SHA-1.

These are the only lines I find in the article that refer to keygeneration. Are keys for different encryption schemes generated differently; e.g., symmetric vs asymmetric, public vs private?— Precedingunsigned comment added by169.231.83.64 (talk)17:38, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, key generation depends on the cryptosystem. For example, the key generation for RSA involves finding large prime numbers. The description is in the article about theRSA cryptosystem. Generally, it makes sense to describe special case key generation algorithms in the corresponding article and not here.2A02:120B:2C71:9BD0:859A:A678:E678:D6F3 (talk)10:11, 24 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

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