On Wed, Feb 16, 2000 at 05:36:05PM +0100, Lutz Jaenicke wrote:

> 2. As of the latest snapshot, OpenSSL became picky of seeding the PRNG.
>    I have EGD available, as it was recommended for OpenSSH; the sample code
>    for querying it being quite simple.
>    a. Could you thing of including EGD support into the apps/?

I'll look into it next week if nobody else does it.

>    b. Can you give recommondations on the number of bytes needed to seed
>       the PRNG? Consider me using EGD....

The PRNG should get at least 128 bits of randomness.
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