Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 16:00:04 +0000 From: "Graham Dunn" <graham_m_dunn@hotmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: dnssec-keygen needs -r /dev/urandom on 4.5-RC Message-ID: <F149X3cf3ednHM3SOlb00014e8f@hotmail.com>
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FreeBSD 4.5-RC (cvsup Fri Jan 11 14:23:07 GMT) Bind 9.1.3 from ports "dnssec-keygen -a hmac-md5 -b 128 -n user rndc" would just hang forever (or at least 15 minutes :). Adding -r /dev/urandom will allow the keys to be generated. How "safe" is /dev/urandom as a source of entropy? (There were a few messages on the bind-workers archive about FreeBSD-4.2's /dev/random not generating a lot of entropy). Graham PS. Why does the FreeBSD list server lookup the HELO hostname and refuse connection if it can't resolve? I appreciate the spam protection, but that seems a little over the top. _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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