In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 17 Oct 2003 08:49:18 -0700 (PDT), Hema <[EMAIL
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n_hems> Hi,
n_hems> I am trying to do development on AIX using openssl.
n_hems> However, I gathered from the website that I can do so
n_hems> only if the egd daemon is running in the b/g, as AIX
n_hems> workstations do not have /dev/random. Currently my coe
n_hems> works only if the daemon is running.
n_hems> Is there another alternative to running egd ?
Actually, OpenSSL 0.9.7 and on will look at /dev/urandom, /dev/random
and /dev/srandom. It will also look for egd (I believe prngd is an
alternative) sockets at /var/run/egd-pool /dev/egd-pool /etc/egd-pool
and /etc/entropy.
Also, you can add entropy on your own with the function RAND_seed() or
RAND_add(), but I wouldn't recommend it unless you know how to value
entropy.
I believes that covers most options.
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