Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 22:03:56 +0100 (BST) From: Scott Taggart <scott_t@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org> To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: randomness... Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0105172203160.82616-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <3B0437AB.DD6A9693@gactr.uga.edu>
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I suggest trying /dev/urandom! Gives me random data all day... might work for you :) On Thu, 17 May 2001, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > I'm currenty in the process of building up a new webserver. > The box is 4.3-STABLE from a few days ago, dual-PII 733. > I'm trying to get some randomness out of /dev/random with > which to generate my new CSR. Unfortunately, it seems there > isn't much. I can cat /dev/random and get nothing. If I just > go ahead and try to generate the CSR, it tells me it's using > 0 bytes of semi-random data. > > On my desktop, which was installed from the same /usr/src & /usr/obj > server, I can get randomness all day long. > > Ideas? > -- > ------------------------------------ > Robin P. Blanchard > IT Program Specialist > Georgia Center for Continuing Ed. > fon: 706.542.2404 fax: 706.542.6546 > email: Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu > ------------------------------------ > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message > ______________________________ Scott J Taggart UKUG FreeBSD Technical Support scott_t@ukug.uk.freebsd.org (Feel free to email me!) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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