> From: Ulrich Windl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 15:27:23 +0100 > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Steve Kostecke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On 2007-10-10, Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 09 Oct 2007 21:32:02 -0400, Rob wrote: > >> > >>> When I reboot, my ntpd server now crashes. Here is the ntp.log: > >>> > >>> 9 Oct 21:16:13 ntpd[3800]: crypto_setup: random seed file //.rnd not > >>> found > > > > //.rnd would be in your / > > > > I have found it helpful to specify the location of the randfile: > > > > crypto randfile /dev/urandom > > Shouldn't it be /dev/random? (Urandom is not truely random AFAIK)
/dv/urandom used to be less random, but not pseudo-random. I am not expert on Linux, for FreeBSD has saved entropy across boots for a long time so that you never have /dev/random run out of numbers. On FreeBSD, there is no longer any difference between /dev/random and /dev/urandom. -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer Energy Sciences Network (ESnet) Ernest O. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +1 510 486-8634 Key fingerprint:059B 2DDF 031C 9BA3 14A4 EADA 927D EBB3 987B 3751
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