Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 15:39:50 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Holger Eitzenberger <Holger.Eitzenberger@t-online.de> Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: choosing another random number generator Message-ID: <40C8B906.7000904@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20040610212709.A1672@eitzenberger.name> References: <20040610212709.A1672@eitzenberger.name>
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Holger Eitzenberger wrote: > using FBSD 4.9 I want to choose another RNG, because I have to > following line in the logs when starting IPSec: > > WARNING: pseudo-random number generator used for IPsec processing > > Against popular believe[1] the Handbook or the random(4) manpage > does not mention how to switch to another RNG. > > I have set the variable $rand_irqs accordingly. Consider getting something like: http://www.soekris.com/vpn1401.htm ...which will provide you with a hardware-based RNG. You'll need to enable some options in the kernel to use it (search for HIFN in LINT)... -- -Chuck
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