ERROR in openssl 0.9.8a: PRNG not seeded

[Sundaram, Balaji (MSB)]

Hi all,               We are migrating from openssl 0.9.7g to 0.9.8a. During this migration we are getting the following error. This error appears in Solaris 7 and HP-UX 11.0 platforms. But the same works in Solaris 8 and Linux platforms. In solaris 8, we found that /dev/random and /dev/urandom files exist. But in case of Solaris 7 these files are not present.   In the same solaris 7 machine openssl 0.9.7g does not give this error. Does 0.9.8a support Solaris 7, HP-UX 11.0 platforms? Could anyone suggest what the solution is?   Thanks in advance.   Regards, Balaji ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Country Name (2 letter code) [AU]:AU Organization Name (eg, company) []:Dodgy Brothers Common Name (eg, YOUR name) []:Dodgy CA   convert the certificate request into a self signed certificate using 'x509' unable to load 'random state' This means that the random number generator has not been seeded with much random data. Consider setting the RANDFILE environment variable to point at a file that 'random' data can be kept in (the file will be overwritten). Signature ok subject=/C=AU/O=Dodgy Brothers/CN=Dodgy CA Getting Private key 6215: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 6215:error:04088003:rsa routines:RSA_setup_blinding:BN lib:rsa_lib.c:407: 6215:error:04066044:rsa routines:RSA_EAY_PRIVATE_ENCRYPT:internal error:rsa_eay.c:364: 6215:error:0D0C3006:asn1 encoding routines:ASN1_item_sign:EVP lib:a_sign.c:276: error using 'x509' to self sign a certificate request *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `test_ss' Current working directory /DE/security/external/openssl/SunOS5.7/openssl-0.9.8a/test *** Error code 1 make: Fatal error: Command failed for target `tests'   openssl build complete.