On Mon, Dec 03, 2001 at 02:05:50PM -0600, Rosner, Seth wrote:
> I am trying to run the command line /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl -req -new
> -nodes -keyout private.key -out public.csr to create a verisign
> certificate. I am getting the PRNG not seeded error message. How do I
> create a .rand file? Any suggestions? Thanks
Please use the "-rand" option of the "openssl req" command to seed the
PRNG. You can either point it to a file with 'random' contents ('random'
meaning: lots of stuff unpredictable to others, e.g. a logfile)
or install EGD/PRNGD and point to its communication socket.
Best regards,
Lutz
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