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| author | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2002-07-10 17:52:03 +0000 |
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| committer | Lutz Jänicke <jaenicke@openssl.org> | 2002-07-10 17:52:03 +0000 |
| commit | 0c4d9b2fbc792b6780d935b21b5583716615c724 (patch) | |
| tree | 5e5d7724e138bcc872d03ae06dbfff87704bfcd2 | |
| parent | 5012158adffe1ab065ae5c46f9d98fc9a38bba55 (diff) | |
Sun's official statement with respect to /dev/random support.
Submitted by: Garrett Anderson garrett@dirsec.com
Reviewed by:
PR: 120
| -rw-r--r-- | FAQ | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
@@ -217,8 +217,11 @@ For Solaris 2.6, Tim Nibbe <tnibbe@sprint.net> and others have suggested installing the SUNski package from Sun patch 105710-01 (Sparc) which adds a /dev/random device and make sure it gets used, usually through $RANDFILE. There are probably similar patches for the other Solaris -versions. However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking -device, which may have some effects on OpenSSL. +versions. An official statement from Sun with respect to /dev/random +support can be found at + http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsrdb/27606&zone_32=SUNWski +However, be warned that /dev/random is usually a blocking device, which +may have some effects on OpenSSL. * Why do I get an "unable to write 'random state'" error message? |