>-----Original Message----- >From: Leonardo Lagos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Freitag, 3. Januar 2003 16:27 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: how to generate PRNG in Solaris 8 ? > > >Hi People, > >After downloading openssl and openssh from sunfreeware.com, >for my sparc/8, I'm >geeting the error "PRNG not seed" whenever I try to use ssh. > >Reading the FAQ, this error is there, but I still am unable to fix it. > >I've run, as root: > ># /usr/local/ssl/bin/openssl >OpenSSL> rand 128 >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). >563:error:24064064:random number generator:SSLEAY_RAND_BYTES:PRNG not >seeded:md_rand.c:501:You need to read the OpenSSL FAQ, >http://www.openssl.org/support/faq.html >error in rand >OpenSSL> > >So, what am I doing wrong?? > >I've also installed patch 112438-01, to enable random support, >but the file >/dev/random is not in my system (I even rebooted the machine >after installing >the patch).
This is the best fix - you have to understand why /dev/random did not appear. Try re-installing the patch carefully until you get /dev/random working. > >Thanks a lot, > >Leo > >______________________________________________________________________ >OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org >User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] > This message is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender urgently and then immediately delete the message and any copies of it from your system. Please also immediately destroy any hardcopies of the message. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. The sender's company reserves the right to monitor all e-mail communications through their networks. Any views expressed in this message are those of the individual sender, except where the message states otherwise and the sender is authorised to state them to be the views of the sender's company. ______________________________________________________________________ OpenSSL Project http://www.openssl.org User Support Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Automated List Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED]
