Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 14:15:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Trevor Johnson <trevor@jpj.net> To: "Andrey A. Chernov" <ache@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: markm@FreeBSD.ORG, current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: randomdev entropy gathering is really weak Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.4.21.0007161412430.5416-100000@blues.jpj.net> In-Reply-To: <20000716105943.A60072@freebsd.org>
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> I found that I always got the same fortune quote after reboot, over and over > again. It means that /dev/random produce exact the same values after reboot. There were some special instructions for the new random device: 2) If you do not have the randomdev module loaded, ssh will fail in strange and creative ways (like RSA or DH not working for strange reasons). 3) It is not built by default (except as a kernel module), so you either need to add the "options RANDOMDEV" like to your kernel config, or load it at boot time in /dev/loader.conf 4) Make sure that you update your /etc area (mergemaster is your friend). The rndcontrol(8) utility is now OBE, and no longer of relevance. (<200006251035.MAA16350@grimreaper.grondar.za> from Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>) -- Trevor Johnson http://jpj.net/~trevor/gpgkey.txt To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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