From d0ccb989c2ccb190bf81819c4b6418d63c682538 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Damien Miller Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:29:20 +1100 Subject: - Allow PRNGd entropy collection from localhost TCP socket. Replace "--with-egd-pool" configure option with "--with-prngd-socket" and "--with-prngd-port" options. Debugged and improved by Lutz Jaenicke --- INSTALL | 11 ++++++++--- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'INSTALL') diff --git a/INSTALL b/INSTALL index 47b071e1..6778a288 100644 --- a/INSTALL +++ b/INSTALL @@ -119,8 +119,13 @@ headers, for this to work. random numbers (the default is /dev/urandom). Unless you are absolutely sure of what you are doing, it is best to leave this alone. ---with-egd-pool=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support -and to specify a EGD pool socket. Use this if your Unix lacks +--with-prngd-socket=/some/file allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD +support and to specify a PRNGd socket. Use this if your Unix lacks +/dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy +collection support. + +--with-prngd-port=portnum allows you to enable EGD or PRNGD support +and to specify a EGD localhost TCP port. Use this if your Unix lacks /dev/random and you don't want to use OpenSSH's builtin entropy collection support. @@ -217,4 +222,4 @@ Please refer to the "reporting bugs" section of the webpage at http://www.openssh.com/ -$Id: INSTALL,v 1.41 2001/02/18 01:58:24 djm Exp $ +$Id: INSTALL,v 1.42 2001/03/03 13:29:21 djm Exp $ -- cgit v1.2.3