I just generated a new GPG key pair and gpg displays some random plus, minus, greater than, less than and circumflex signs. I was always wondering what they mean. Can you explain it to me?
iblue@nerdpol:~$ gpg --gen-key
[... snip ...]
We need to generate a lot of random bytes. It is a good idea to perform
some other action (type on the keyboard, move the mouse, utilize the
disks) during the prime generation; this gives the random number
generator a better chance to gain enough entropy.
.........+++............<+++++>.+++++...............>..+++++..<
...+++++............>+++++<.+++++.....................<+++++..>
.................................................+++++^^^^