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Date:      Mon, 18 Apr 2005 20:34:10 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Rob <spamrefuse@yahoo.com>
Cc:        FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: /etc/rc.d/sshd : "kldload random" missing?
Message-ID:  <20050419033410.GA68376@xor.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050418034838.33693.qmail@web54004.mail.yahoo.com>
References:  <20050418034838.33693.qmail@web54004.mail.yahoo.com>

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On Sun, Apr 17, 2005 at 08:48:37PM -0700, Rob wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I noticed that 'random.ko' module is required by ssh,
> especially when running the server sshd. However, the
> sshd script in /etc/rc.d does not verify the pressence
> of the random.ko module and neither loads it if
> necessary. Shouldn't that be added?
> 
> I bring this up, since I have observed that the
> nfsserver.ko module is automagically loaded by the
> /etc/rc.d/nfsserver script.
> 
> Both cases seem to have some similarity.

Sounds like a great opportunity to submit a patch! :)

Kris

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