On Thu, Mar 16, 2000 at 05:27:51PM +0000, Richard Hopkins wrote:
> Where I'm now having problems, though, is with stunnel (3.8). When I try to
> start it up, I get...
>
> dire# /usr/local/sbin/stunnel -f -D7 -d 636 -r 389
> LOG7[5786:1]: Service name to be used: 389
> LOG7[5786:1]: Generating 512 bit temporary RSA key...
> LOG3[5786:1]: tmp_rsa_cb: error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYT
> ES:prng not seeded
>
> Is this problem the one..
>
> "Note that the command "openssl rsa" in OpenSSL 0.9.5 does not do this and
> will fail on systems without /dev/urandom when trying to password-encrypt an
> RSA key! This is a bug in the library; try a later snaphost instead."
>
> that's described at...
>
> http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html#6
Yes and no. It is the FAQ point 6, but it is the paragraph before:
Some broken applications do not do this. ...
Best regards,
Lutz
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