From bd63874d4bc3048f5dfbba8dc5f02fd57e9bdc7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien Miller Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:22:58 +1000 Subject: - (djm) Tell users to configure /dev/random support into OpenSSL in INSTALL --- INSTALL | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 3dc3fca6..276083c3 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ OpenSSH can utilise Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) if your system supports it. PAM is standard on Redhat and Debian Linux, Solaris and HP-UX 11. +NB. If you operating system supports /dev/random, you should configure +OpenSSL to use it. OpenSSH relies on OpenSSL's direct support of +/dev/random. If you don't you will have to rely on ssh-rand-helper, which +is inferior to a good kernel-based solution. + PAM: http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/pam/ @@ -218,4 +223,4 @@ Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at http://www.openssh.com/ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.51 2002/04/14 13:16:05 djm Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.52 2002/04/17 02:23:02 djm Exp $ -- cgit v1.2.3