Terry Kennedy via RT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>   I downloaded and configured/built/tested 0.9.7a on BSD/OS 4.3.1 with no
> problems, using the following commands:
[...]
>   The tests completed with no errors. I then applied the blinding patch from
> http://www.openssl.org//news/secadv_20030317.txt, did "make clean" and then
> the same commands as shown above. One of the certificate request tests failed
> with the following output:
[...]
> 20476:error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not 
> seeded:md_rand.c:503:You need to read the OpenSSL FAQ, 
> http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html

Please try again using the latest 0.9.7a snapshot, which is available from
ftp://ftp.openssl.org/snapshot;type=d
(don't apply the patch, the countermeasure is included with that snapshot).
The problem should now be solved; please confirm if the snapshot
works for you.


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